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Show CURE FOR NEURALGIA. ! Dr. Brigliam, of t?au Francisco, ! recently performed successfully the! operation in a cose of neuralgia of j excising the inferior or deuul nerve, ; which imparts sensation to the the' lower portion of the face. It consisted i inlaying open the cheek just at the 1 angle of the jaw-bone, the cutting out of a circular piece of the bone halt an! inch in diameter, and extending to a lout one-half the thickness oi the jaw-bone. Tuis process exposed the nerve cavity and tne nerve, l-ULb of an inch iudiaiiteUT,wastt,p:irak.'d from its neighboring vese.s and a .turbon ! cutaway, 'inree Jarjje branches of tho infra arintal nerve were aiso excised. Tnis is the scond success-', ful operation perfurnitxl by DrT Br:g-: ham. The patient asserted that lur nine years ho had nut known one night 's sleep. |