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changes its color, and the pupil is exceedingly coq- 

 tracted. 



Finally, deeply-seated cloudiness begins to appear ; 

 and after repeated attacks and alternations of disease 

 from eye to eye, the afTair terminates in opacity of the 

 lens or its capsule, attended with perfect blindness either 

 of one eye or both. 



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Remedy.- — Foment the eyes with warm water, or ajv 

 ply cold lotions with the extract of lead oi opium, or 

 pouUices to which these drugs may be added ; bleed — 

 not from the temporal artery, for that does not supply 

 the orbit of the eye, but from the angular vein, at the 

 inner corner of the eye. Place a seton in the cheek, or 

 towel under the jaw, and keep the animal low, and give 

 physic or fever medicine. 



NASAL POLYPUS. 



By the polypus, is meant an excrescence or tumor, 

 varying in size, structure, and consistence, and attached 

 by a pedicle to a mucous surface. The true polypus is 

 attached to mucous membranes, and is usually found in 

 the nostrils, the pharynx, the uterus, or the vagina. 



How is the surgeon to proceed? If he cannot fairly 

 get at tlie tumor he will let it alone. The polypus will 

 at length descend, and be easily got at. The tumor 

 must be gently brought down, and a ligature passed 

 round the pedicle, as high up as it can conveniently be 

 placed. 



If the pt)lypus is so large that it cannot well be re- 

 turned after it has been brought down, he must, not- 

 withstanding, use the ligature, passing it around the pe- 

 dicle sufficiently tight to cut off the supply of blood to 

 the tumor. He may then immediately excise it. Ex- 

 cept the pedicle is exceedingly thick, there will be little 

 (»• no haimorrhajre. 



