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OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR VETERINARIANS 



ported and gently raised by an assistant during the 

 operation. 



The illustrations of these operations are shown on the 

 human eye, and are taken from Dr. de Schweinitz's 

 work on ' 'Diseases of the Eye," published by W. B. 

 Saunders Co. 



Ectropion. — There are numerous operations for the 

 correction of ectropion. One of the simplest is the 

 Wharton Jones' operation (Figs. lo and ii). 



Fig. lo. Fig. II. 



Figs. lo, II. — Wharton Jones' operation for ectropion, (de Schweinitz, 



"Diseases of the Eye.") 



A V-shaped incision of the skin is made, the apex ex- 

 tending downward. The skin is undermined, and the 

 central portion elevated, when the whole is brought to- 

 gether as shown in Fig. ii. This allows a more lax 

 condition of the skin of the lid, and is a good operation 

 in ectropion following small cicatrices. 



Success has been attained in numerous cases by the 

 writer by doing the Kuhnt-Szymanowski operation, which 



