26 CASES IN MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. 



more limited range of private practice, would be 

 less frequently seen. 



The following cases came under treatment in 

 the Dental department of the Middlesex Hospital 

 during the past year, and, although destitute of 

 novel features, are yet sufficiently rare to justify 

 me in bringing them before the Society. 



There have been five cases of haemorrhage from 

 the dental periosteum. 



Case 1. — A first lower molar was removed on 

 the Tuesday morning from a female aged forty. 

 She returned on the following Saturday in a very 

 weak state from the bleeding, which had continued 

 up to that time. 



The reason of her not returning to the hospital 

 before, was that her medical man had been en- 

 deavouring to stop the haemorrhage, but had not 

 succeeded. The cavity from which the tooth was 

 removed was cleared, and matico-leaf, rolled into 

 a ball, was placed in it, and the bleeding ceased in 

 a few minutes. 



Case 2. — A young woman, aged twenty years, 

 had the first lower molar extracted on Thursday. 

 She returned on the following Saturday, and 

 stated that a slight amount of bleeding had con- 

 tinued ever since the tooth was removed. The 

 haemorrhage was stopped in a short time by 

 applying a little wool, saturated with muriated 

 tincture of iron. 



