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and found that the wisdom tooth, in pressing 

 forward, had produced absorption in the neck to 

 such an extent as to open the pulp-cavity. The 

 pulp had inflamed and suppurated, and thus pro- 

 duced the symptoms exhibited. Since seeing the 

 case, Mr. Catlin had sent him (Mr. Tomes) a 

 drawing of a tooth, in which absorption had taken 

 place in the second molar of the lower jaw by the 

 pressure of the wisdom tooth ; also a specimen in 

 which absorption of an anterior tooth had been 

 produced by a pressure forward of a posterior 

 one. A similar case had been forwarded by 

 Mr. Canton, in which a wisdom tooth of the lower 

 jaw had occasioned absorption. 



Mr. Coleman, on exhibiting a new forceps for removing the stumps 

 of upper molars, said, — 



"It is with some feelings of diffidence that I 

 venture to bring under the notice of the Society a 

 new form of forceps for extracting the stumps of 

 upper molar teeth ; for so much has already been 

 effected by many leading members of the profession 

 in bringing this class of instruments to perfection, 

 that it appears presumptuous in one young in the 

 profession to suggest any improvement; and, 

 again, as the instrument I am about to submit to 

 your notice was constructed to supply a want felt 

 by myself, I am not at all sure that that want has 

 been felt by others. Still, during the last eighteen 

 months it has proved so useful in my hands that I 



