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tient more reasonable, and solicited by her parents, she was
determined to have this tooth extracted. After what has
been said, it ought not to be wondered at that these oplhal-
mias were repeated, and followed by like consequences.
There was a discharge from this tooth when it was not
plugged, but the plug prevented it ; the refluxion fell upon
the neighbouring parts, where the fluids themselves put it in
motion during the term of the courses, and contributed to
the swelling and irritation of the eye.
The reader is likewise requested to note how greatly the
eyes were affected in the case of exostosis given by Fox, and
inserted in our article on that subject. He will likewise re-
mark the same effect in the dreadful case of cartilaginous
growth of the gums communicated to him by letter from a
lady in Scotland, and inserted in the section of this work
under the head Cartilaginous Excrescences from the gums.
I will close this subject with one case from Mr. Koecker's
Book.

Case.*
"Alexander Stuart, aged sixty-four, had lost all his teeth
from this destructive disease, except two upper, and one of
the under cuspidati, which had been for some time very loose
and painful. His sight had been declining for above fifteen
years, and one of his eyes had been affected with incipient
cataract for about five years. In January 1824, he requested
my assistance for some acute inflammation of his mouth.
One of the above canine teeth, the principal cause of the in-
flammation, was immediately extracted, and at the same time
I gave my opinion, t hat by the removal of the other two,
not only his mouth would be restored to perfect and perma-

* Koeckcr, pages, 278, 279.