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difficulty experienced in getting food into the 

 mouth, two teeth, the superior and inferior anterior 

 molars of the opposite side of the mouth to that on 

 which the band was situated, were extracted, but 

 little advantage actually resulted from this opera- 

 tion. I experienced great difficulty in under- 

 standing Mrs. , as she spoke with a constant 



snuffle, and with the wings of the nose so com- 

 pressed as to impart an unpleasant appearance to 

 her otherwise agreeable features. Had it not been 

 so, I should have made a more searching examina- 

 tion, in order to have elicited some information 

 from her as to what she considered the original 

 cause of the formation of the band ; but under the 

 circumstance of her imperfect utterance, she either 

 could not, or would not, assist me in forming any- 

 thing like a correct diagnosis. 



Nevertheless, being satisfied that the band might 

 be safely separated, I suggested that she should 

 visit Brighton where I then resided. 



If I could have operated at the time I first saw 

 her, she would have submitted most cheerfully; but 

 my engagements prevented my remaining a suf- 

 ficient time either to do her or myself justice. 



However, prior to my leaving Cheltenham, she 

 made a definite engagement to pay me a visit, but 

 she did not keep her word; and I was sub- 

 sequently told that this arose from her being 

 influenced by the dentist who had previously at- 

 tended her, and that she had been persuaded by 



