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bone, with the reservation that the tumour has no connexion with 



the joints or ligaments in the vicinity : then, says the Professor, may 



" the periosteotomy knife be employed with safety and success*." 



We should fear this limitation would very much restrict its ap- 

 plicability. 



* In the discussion Firing v. Setoning, Veterinarian for 1837, p. 173. 



