The inferior parts of the cheeks were cicatrized with the lateral and superior regions of the neck, and with the base of the tongue and the hyoid bone.

The tongue was free under and in front of the larynx.

The patient used a gilded silver plate to fix the tongue so that deglutition could be carried on.

He was not able to articulate sounds, but made himself understood through the intervention of this plate, which was fixed to a silver chin.

The chin he used to maintain the tongue-plate, to diminish the deformity, and to retain the saliva, which was constantly dribbling on the neck.