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ON THE REMOVAL OF THE 



In support of the first advantage which I here 

 ascribe to the practice in question, I beg leave to 

 submit the following cases : — 



I. Some years ago I was consulted by the mother 

 of a little girl for irregularity of the four upper 

 permanent incisors. On examination of the teeth, 



FIRST CASE. 



Fig. 1, representing the upper arch of teeth between the ages of 

 nine and ten. 



a a. Diseased first molars, removed. 



Fig. 2, representing the upper and under arch at the age of fourteen. 



I found all the first molars afiected by caries, some 

 to such an extent as to cause toothache. I at 



