126 REMOVAL OF THE SUPERIOR MAXILLA. 



" I may add that tliis old person has been bed- 

 ridden for the last two years. 



" Believe me to be, dear Sir, 



" Faithfully yours, 



"John French. 



" Arnold Rogers, Esq." 



Mr. Sercombe exhibited a portion of the su- 

 perior maxilla which he had removed from a child 

 at St. Mary's Hospital a fortnight ago, containing 

 the shedding canine and the first and second shed- 

 ding molars, together with the permanent lateral 

 incisor, the first bicuspid, and probably in the 

 body of the mass the permanent canine. This 

 extensive loss of bone was the result of ulcerative 

 stomatitis, which had been neglected by the 

 parents until the swelled face, fetid breath, and 

 other symptoms of severe suffering, led them to 

 the hospital. The child, who was eight years old, 

 could with great difl&culty, when she first came 

 under his care, open her mouth a quarter of an 

 inch, and the fetor was so perfectly intolerable 

 that he was quite unable to make an examination 

 of the parts. A wash, consisting of three drops 

 of creosote, half an ounce of glycerine, half an 

 ounce of brandy and six of water, succeeded in 

 entirely removing the fetor in a day or two. He 

 gave the patient bark and chlorate of potash, 

 and in a fortnight from this time was enabled 



