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This is an operation that has been said is i'm
possible to perform. Yet here is the report OF
il as performed in the presence of two intelligent
surgeons, by DR.. A. G. Smith, the new professor
ofSurgery in Crosby Street School.-N 7. Star.


ExTIRpATIoN OF THE PARoTrD GLAND-N.
G. atat. AZ. Called on me with hard, some
what irregulary formed tumour, on the right
side OF his head; involving the lower part of the
ear, covering the condyloid process, as well as
the whole ramus, and two-thirds of the BODY OF
the inferior maxillary bone. The tumour was
also incorporated with the greater portion of the
masseter muscle, and extended an inch, behind
the condyloid process. AS it was increasing ra-
pdly, advised its speedy extirpation; and Drs.
Cobb and Whitman having examined it with me,
pronounced it to be an enlargement Of the parotid
gland, and concurred with me in the propriety Of
Immediately removing it with the knife. Accord
ingly, with their assistance, and in the presence
of the medical class, l operated in the following
manner. An incision was made in the direction
of the long diameter Of the umour, and the exter-
nal portions Of the ndurated mass, carefully Sc
parated, chiefly with the handle of the scalpel.
AS it was intimately connected with the fbres
of the masseter muscle, was obliged to remove
the muscle, and to lay bare the bone. / found
considerable difficulty in removing that Dor
ton of the induratcd gland which lay behind
the angle of the jaw, as the patient was constantly
wrthing in agony. The whole gland was, how
ever, entirely removed The side Of the face.
from which the tumor was removed, was
found, after the operation, to be parayzed The
wound healed without any unpleasant symptoms,
and IN fifteen days he returned home well.