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tication. Fig. 973 represents a tumor of this kind on the upper 

 jaw, and Fig. 974 one of the same kind on the lower jaw. These 

 tumors are sometimes denominated " cancers " by quacks, and they 

 attempt to remove them by some severe caustic mixture, which 

 causes the parts to slough. As agents of this kind act on sound 



Fig. 972.— Tumor on the Parotid Glands. 



Fig. 973. — Tumor on the Upper Jaw. 



tissues, as well as on unsound ones, the results are generally 

 unfavorable. J 



Fig. 975 represents the head of a bull, after the so-called "can- 

 cer " had been removed by a "quack." The whole of the cheek, and 

 some of the bones of the face, sloughed off, and the food taken in at 

 the mouth passed out of the opening. The animal was overtaken 

 by paralysis, and humanely shot by the owner, who had become 

 disgusted' at the sight. At first the tumor appears as a small, 

 round, painful nodule, which gradually enlarges beneath the skin, 

 but preserving a perfect separation, the latter moving over it with 



Fig. 974.— Tumor on the Lowar Jaw. 



Fig. 975.— Tumor Cured by a Quaok. 



ease and freedom. When, however, any irritating applications are 

 applied, or the parts are struck, inflammation is set up, followed by 

 ulceration. Great pain is felt iii mastication, t\iz bones are further 

 affected, the teeth loosen and eventually drop out. (See Fig. 976.) 

 Not unfrequently a passage is opened into the mouth. Such tur 



