Feigned Tumor of the Jaw
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Emamun, a Mussalmani, aged 15, was brought to me on November 20th by her parents. They stated that upwards of a year before they had observed a small tumor near the angle of the lower jaw on the left side. It continued to increase slowly; native practitioners failed to give relief; and at last, despairing of a cure, they had brought her to me to have it removed by operation. There was a tumor on the left side of the face, rounded, of the size of a tea-cup. The skin slid easily over it, and at its most prominent part was dusky red, and apparently on the point of ulcerating. The tumor was firm, of a boney consistence, and seemed equally connected with both jaws. The lower jaw
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