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the food was pressed upward from tlie month into the 

 cavity. The external wound was dressed with an 

 ordinary healing lotion, and tow was put into it daily, 

 and pressed downward to the mouth. A little blister 

 liniment was also occasionally applied. 



"Before operating, the frontal sinus on the affected 

 side was considerably more bulging than the other. It 

 is now reduced, and the wouud has healed. The dis- 

 charge from the nose has stopped, and there is no 

 smell. Thus, after about two years and a half of 

 treatment, this mare, now only five years old, is able 

 to resume her work, and has every appearance of being 

 likely to remain well. 



" Had I not been able to effect a cure by the closing 

 of the passage into the mouth, I would have tried 

 filling it with gutta-percha. If a discharge were to 

 take place again in this case, it would no doubt depend 

 on the existence of a small aperture, and, under such 

 circumstances, I should not hesitate to again cut into 

 the sinus and endeavor to close the opening in the 

 bone with gutta-percha, or some similar substance.'' 



Surgeon H. Surmon, in an article "' On the Extrac- 

 tion of Projecting Teeth," tells how lie saved a horse 

 that had been ordered killed by its owner ("Veterina- 

 rian," vol. ii, p. 25): 



"Last year a neighbor of mine had a horse which 

 had been losing flesh for some time, and his appetite 

 was gradually diminishing. When I first examined 

 the horse I saw no appearance of disease that could 

 affect his appetite, and looking at his mouth I per- 

 ceived no laceration of the cheeks or other injury. 

 The horse grew worse, became almost a skeleton, and 

 its owner ordered that it be killed. Being informed 



