Sialolithiasis

so as timely and judicious surgical interference is likely to save the patient from a distressing cotfl" plaint which otherwise may terminate in disaster* Only too frequently are the submaxillary swelling and other symptoms caused by a calculus impacted in Wharton's duct attributed to dental sepsis or malignant disease, with the result that teeth &re extracted without any benefit, or a grave and unwarranted prognosis is given. The submaxillary, duct and gland are the most frequent situations 01 concretions. In 47 cases collected by Dr. Theodore Roberg1 Wharton's duct was the seat of lodgment in28, the submaxillary gland in 14, Stensen's duct in two, the sublingual gland in two, the parotK gland in one. This author considers that the P5e"