RABBIT. 585 
intelligent lady, of about sixty years, who had lost the sight of 
her right eye by cataract, and was beginning to lose that likewise 
of her left eye. She consulted several of the most noted specialist 
eye doctors of Philadelphia, who all pronounced cataract to be 
present, and agreed that nothing but operative measures could 
restore her vision. But an old woman told her to apply oil from 
a rabbit to her eyes, which she did twice a day. After six months 
her sight had become completely restored, and all signs of cataract 
had disappeared, so that she could read without glasses, which 
she had not done for many years. She complained at first of 
constant dryness in the eyes, which the oil served to relieve, and 
this was the only particular symptom. The case was recorded 
in July, 1878, by Dr. Dodge, of Philadelphia. ‘‘ What the oil 
from a rabbit may be,” adds Dr. Burnett, “I do not know. 
This is a wonderful case, and perhaps of no great weight. Let 
some one with cataract try it.” Cataract is not uncommonly 
associated with eruptive skin affections which have been repressed, 
such as itching erythematous patches, psora, etc.; insomuch that 
setting the cutaneous activities to work may prove beneficial in 
arresting this trouble. Both salt and sugar, when taken in 
excess, are thought to cause cataract; for which affection, in 
Russia, the gall of the sturgeon, also that of the partridge, as 
well as its blood, are used to the eyes. 
It was a White Rabbit with pink eyes, which, after taking a 
watch out of its waistcoat pocket, and looking at it, hurried on, 
popping down a large rabbit hole under a hedge, and made Alice 
(in Wonderland), who was burning with curiosity, follow down 
after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get 
out again. And thus was brought about the series of Alice’s 
delightful adventures, told with such exquisite humour, and 
illustrated with such admirable power (by the pencil of Tenniel.) 
“Oh, my ears and whiskers! how late it is getting!”’ said the 
rabbit.” In South Australia rabbits are preserved on a large 
scale for shipment to Europe. At the Company’s factory the 
rabbits are caught at night, disembowelled on the spot, and 
carried straightway to the works; here one after another in 
rapid succession their heads (subsequently boiled down for jelly), 
and legs are removed, and the skins pulled off in a twinkling ; 
the bodies are slightly salted, and then washed free from blood ; 
tins are already prepared, each of the thirty men employed at 
this work turning out three or four hundred a day. These tins, 
