WITH THE ALVEOLUS. 6b 



order to arrive at the individual experience of 

 members, as, on referring to the records of 

 dental surgery, I have not met with any case 

 where a similar interval had elapsed between the 

 dislocation and replacement of a tooth. 



I will now proceed to give the details of the 

 case in question, with some particulars of similar 

 cases of interest communicated to me by pro- 

 fessional friends, together with some which I have 

 fovmd recorded in works on dentistry. 



A year since, a young man, in the act of 

 jumping over a brook, slipped, and fell forward 

 upon a stone, by which one of his upper central 

 incisors was knocked out without in any way 

 injuring the alveolar process. He picked up the 

 tooth and put it into his waistcoat pocket. Three 

 hours elapsed before his return home, during the 

 ivhole of which time the bleeding continued. His 

 uncle, being somewhat of an amateur in surgery, 

 hearing what had happened, asked to see the 

 tooth, washed it in tepid water, replaced it care- 

 fully in the socket, directing him to hold cold 

 water in his mouth for two hours. Beyond the 

 simple act of replacement there was no further 

 interference, and the tooth was not tied or in any 

 way supported. There was local tenderness for a 

 fortnight ; at the termination of which time it was 

 apparently restored to its ordinary condition ; for, 

 to use his own words, " he was then able to eat 



