60 A remarkable Tumour of the Face. 



At the age of 11, the tumour had considerably increased, 

 and the base had extended over the left ear, which now 

 became very painful. From this time the ears began gra- 

 dually to be drawn down. 



At the age of 15, the eye became the seat of pain, and 

 for two years kept the girl in exquisite torture, so much 

 so, that her master was frequently forced to give her 

 laudanum. The ball began to protrude from the socket, 

 and, gradually travelling dov/n the cheek, occupied, when 

 I saw her (18 months ago), and had formed a sort of 

 socket below the os malae, extending obliquely towards 

 the ear. The inner canthus commenced at the ala nasi, 

 and reached to the bottom of the maxilla inferior, pre- 

 senting, I can assure you, a spectacle horrid indeed. 



As neither reading, observation, or report had ever sug- 

 gested so uncommon a distortio naturae, without a de- 

 struction of the parts concerned, I was induced to exa- 

 mine particularly this subject, and herewith send you a 

 correct description of this wen. 



It begins at the frontal sinus on the left side, and, 

 embracing completely the car, extends do^^^l to the in- 

 side of the shoulder, and thence pulling down the mouth 

 to one side, takes in half the nose, and meets at the 

 sinus. 



The fundus, or base, 20 inches in circumference. 



The length, reaching down on the thigh, 24 inches. 



