Chronic Osteomyelitis with Maturation Arrest of Granulocytes

but W. E. Snawdon: This patient was first seen by me on the 18th August 1959, quite k I should mention that he had been a patient at the Dental Hospital for their a/ew.yearsI have his record card here from which I see he first came under Patie Wln? *n I953> so we know that for several years he was an apparently normal iwje and had routine conservative dentistry. I think in 1953 he came with a rather Seemsted ?ra^ conchtion anc^ was persuaded to take an interest in his dentition. He At thet0 ^ave l??ked after it reasonably well according to the notes, right up to 1956. in en^ of 1956 there is the last entry of any treatment other than the happenings SWeij:^ He came up in 1959 with some pain, localized in the left maxilla and m?lar and he was seen as an emergency. It was recommended that his left upper hear 1 be removed and this was done under local anaesthesia. Nothing was Aiig^ then, that is from the 7th July when the tooth was removed until the 14th in hjs when he came back again complaining of an unpleasant smell and bad taste lhat tjIll0uth. He was not feeling particularly well and the resident who saw him at s^Usitis 6 T?ote<^ that a large piece of maxilla was sequestrating and he had possible eXtractiS" WaS Seen a?ain on t'ie August, roughly 5 weeks from the time of the n^e. n of the tooth in question and on that occasion the patient was referred to The ?