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abl}', and lias completely recovered her voice, which you may remember 

 was somewhat indistinct for some time after the operation. In a woi'd, 

 ■s!ie is one of the most hapi)y women I am acquainted with." 



The following is the description of the original tumour, 

 Xo. 2441, in the Catalogue of the Museum of the Royal College 

 of Surgeons, England, page 47 : — "The tumour is of irregular 

 form, superficially lobed, and smoothly rounded in every part. 

 Its diameters are — vertically seven inches, transversely seven 

 inches, and from before backwards nearly six inchos ; the 

 portion of integument removed Avith it measures about twelve 

 inches in length and ten in breadth. Towards the mouth the 

 tumour presents a circular concave surface, projecting on every 

 side beyond the palate. A portion cut from the left side of the 

 tumour shows that it is composed of a pale, whitish, firm, 

 comjiact, and homogeneous substance." G. C. 1706. 



Purchased 5th December 1834, 



6. 491. Fibroma of the Upper Jaw. — Plaster cast of the head 

 of the patient from whom the jjrevious tumour was taken, 

 showing its size and relations before operation. G. C. 1706. a. 



6. 492. Fibro-Sarcoma of the Upper Jaw.— Plaster cast of 



the head of a young person, illustrating the above. 



A very large tumour has grown apparently from the left 

 superior maxilla. It has pushed aside the left eye, and grown 

 outwards in a manner somewhat similar to the last. It appears, 

 however, to have been more malignant, from having a less clear 

 definition, and from seeming at one place to have begun to 

 fungate. G C. 3421. 



6. 493. Osteo-Sarcoma of the Upper Jaw.— Portion of a 



tumour — in spirit, illustrating the above. 



It was removed from the region of the antrum of the left upper jaw- 



