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CASE 961.—Fracture of the lower jaw from
the kick of a horse.—in situ. This was
difficult because the fracture was impacted at the point where the blow was received and the
separated bone was drawn inward by the upper fibres of the genio-hyo-glossus muscles. But the
object was finally accomplished by extracting a tooth from the sound portion of the jaw, when
the fragment was secured in its place by silk cord and silver wire, two small braces made of
cork being placed between the movable teeth and the corresponding ones of the upper jaw. The patient was sent to General
Hospital. The accident happened