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was slowly pushed up behind the tooth and its tumor into the 
nasal passage. 
In shape the tumor is a bent cylinder, measuring on its supe¬ 
rior or convex border about 6 inches, on its inferior or concave 
border about 3^ inches, with an average thickness of 2 inches 
and weighing about 8 ounces av. 
FIG. 1. 
Inspection of the tumor indicates that the neoplasm is the 
result of a fibrous proliferation of the tooth follicle, which im¬ 
pinged on the enamel and ivory organs to such a degree as to 
impair their development, and pushing upwards broke into the 
nostril and turning forwards grew down almost to the external 
nasal opening. 
The second case we have to report is one of multiple com¬ 
posite odontomes in a two-year-old colt, sex and breed unknown, 
and history untold, except that the animal was destroyed be¬ 
cause of the abnormality. Only the superior maxillae are pre¬ 
served, the right half of which is normal. In the left half 
(Figs. II, III and IV) the temporary premolars are normal and 
in situ , as are also the three molars, the first being in wear, the 
