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your assistance. This, I regret to say, has too 

 often occurred to me : in one case on three occa- 

 sions had I to repeat the whole process over 

 again ; and, finally I removed the tooth after 

 failing in the fourth attempt. Each time there 

 was a discharge from the pulp, which was sub- 

 dued, and the gutta percha borne ; but instead of 

 seeing my patient at the end of a month, it was 

 each time nearer the end of a year — the gutta 

 percha having come out, and pain having re- 

 curred. 



But looking to the results of the various pro- 

 cesses that have been employed to render a carious 

 tooth capable of receiving a stopping, and con- 

 tinuing in a healthy condition after it has received 

 that stopping, if one plan promises more success 

 than another, I think we are bound to adopt it, 

 even though we are compelled to devote a larger 

 portion of our time to the object, and even though 

 our efforts are liable to be defeated through the 

 negligence of our patients. The responsibility of 

 the latter rests with them, though the failure may 

 to us be a source of disappointment. 



