ODONTOMES : REPORT OF THREE CASES. 
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have some difficulty about eating and showing tenderness to the 
bit. Quite a swelling was observed at the right cheek. Ex¬ 
amination disclosed that the first lower molar, right side, was 
missing and quite a tumor appeared, surrounding and nearly 
hiding the second molar. The growth was fungiform and on 
closer examination was found to be pedicellate, and mostly cov¬ 
ered by mucous membrane. Portions were torn off easily with 
the fingers, disclosing the second molar, which was pushed over 
toward the cheek, interfering with mastication. The tooth was 
extracted at once, but, being undecided as to the nature of the 
tumor, which was found to arise from the bottom of the alveolar 
cavity, we delayed further operation until having a cautery iron 
made, the counterpart of the tooth fang. I then proceeded to 
saw off the fungus with a stellate curette of my own devising, 
ending by thoroughly curetting the alveolar cavity to its apex. 
In casting about for a safe escharotic to use in the mouth, I 
chose Monsel’s powder (subsulphate of iron), and the cavity was 
filled with cotton thickly spread with this powder and strapped 
into the mouth. For two days afterward I found it necessary to 
curette a portion of the cavity, after which a mild wash of boric 
acid and glycerine was used to swab the mouth, and the mare 
made an uneventful recovery. 
Case II. was that of an aged dun gelding, used for farm pur¬ 
poses. Had a large tumor surrounding the right upper canine 
tooth. The lips could not be closed on the right side and the 
incisors could hardly be brought together. The owner came 
for consultation and to strike a bargain for the treatment, the 
horse being of small market value; and that done he insisted 
on a delay of several days to finish some of his work. The 
horse was returned in five days, the tumor having grown per¬ 
ceptibly in the meantime. It was protruding from the mouth, 
and within filled the intermaxillary space, lapping over the bars 
of the palate nearly to the left molars. The horse received lo 
drachms of chloral in pill form, half an hour before the opera¬ 
tion, and I proceeded by attempting to extract the tooth. It 
snapped off below the surface of the tumor. 
