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his, Mr. F P , a gentleman resident in the south

part of this city, aged about forty-five years, with a request
that I would perform such operations upon his teeth and
gums, as, if possible, to restore them to health ; and likewise
informed me that the antrum of the right side was exten-
sively diseased. When this gentleman called, it was with
difficulty that he could walk from the carriage into my
house. The following was the state of his general health
;
extreme debility, great emaciation, pale countenance, slight
hectic fever, frequent cough, attended with a copious expec-
toration, tongue covered with a light flocculent fur, loss of
appetite, dejection of spirits, &c. &c.
The following was the situation of his mouth, &c. The
right antrum was extensively diseased, all that part of the
jaw-bone of the right side situated anterior to the last molar
tooth, and below the antrum, as far as the anterior symphysis
of the superior maxilla, had mortified and been ulcerated
away, so that all the upper teeth of that side, with the excep-
tion of two, which had been extracted, and the last molar
tooth, were destitute of alveoli and hung loosely in the gum.
The whole interior of the antrum was exposed by a very
large opening, made by the loss of the two anterior grinders.
A copious discharge of pus from the antrum, had been con-
tinued for a long time. On the left side of the upper jaw
were several fangs of decayed teeth, and the soft parts
around them ulcerated to the very bottom of their sockets,
which were almost totally absorbed away. Upon a slight
examination, I suspected that the left antrum was in a state
of disease, but after removing the loose and dead fangs, and
cleansing the cavity of the pus, I had the pleasure to ascer-
tain, that the disease had not reached the antrum of that
side. After considerable inquiry, I found that the diseased
state of the antrum before mentioned, and the teeth of the
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