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well marked as some that were brought under the 

 notice of the Society upon a former occasion, but 

 are still sufficiently so to point out their peculiari- 

 ties. 'No doubt we do find occasionally non- 

 syphilitic teeth approaching more or less to this 

 type ; but on this account we should no more reject 

 the aid the latter lend to forming a correct dia- 

 gnosis, than we should in the case of the syphilitic 

 cutaneous eruptions, which still more closely re- 

 semble some of their non- syphilitic congeners. 



Dr. Lewison read a paper on Anchylosis of the Jaw, of which the 

 following is an abstract : — 



Some years ago, while on a visit in Cheltenham, 

 I was consulted by a married lady about forty 

 years of age, who was suffering from rigid closure 

 of her jaws. I found on th^ left side of her mouth, 

 situated about an inch from the angle, a strong 

 semi-cartilaginous band, which was evidently con- 

 nected with the buccinator and masseter muscles 

 of the same side. The probable connections of 

 this jpsett^o-growth were indicated by the restrained 

 actions of the before-named muscles. 



The sufferer was unable to masticate food, and 

 consequently had to live on slops ; in addition to 

 this evil, her pronunciation of words was seriously 

 affected : indeed, she spoke precisely like a person 

 who has a fissure of the palatine bones, owing 

 apparently to her efforts to overcome the incon- 

 venience of her present condition. To lessen the 



