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sary to the production of tumors or excrescences, 

 that any of the above causes be actually present at 

 the time they are first noticed. These organs having 

 once been affected they will be more susceptible to 

 morbid impressions. 



Of all parts of the body there perhaps is no part 

 that is so thoroughly exposed to irritation from 

 various causes, as the soft structures of the mouth. 

 They are almost constantly subjected to external in- 

 fluences which are calculated to injure them. The 

 nature of the food alone is sufficent to keep up a 

 more or less constant irritation. Gravel, pieces of 

 wood, corn cobs, pieces of wire, sharp ends of hay, 

 all have a tendency to injure the soft structures, with 

 which they come in contact. 



TREATMENT. 



The treatment will necessarily be varied owing 

 to the many causes which produce the disease. 

 The constitutional symptoms accompanying these 

 tumors will have much to do in adopting a mode 

 of treatment. 



By removing the cause, a great many of these 

 growths will disappear, some by simply extracting a 

 dead or decayed tooth or roots of teeth. If they do 

 not subside after the removal of the cause they 

 should be excised ; this must be practiced with some 

 care, or severe hemorrhage might follow, especially 

 if the tumors are located over the palatine artery 



