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cold water, etc., may effect a cure. If the eye-ball is cold and 

 has been hanging ont for several hours, a cure cannot be effected, 

 and the ball must be removed. 



WARTS ON THE EYELIDS. 



AYarts are not uncommon on the cutaneous surface of the eye- 

 lids or on their border. They are very often of an encrusted 

 nature and difficult to remove. If they have a neck it is best to 

 remove them by excision or ligature; if broad in the base, strong 

 acetic acid should be applied. 



WOUNDS OF THE EYELIDS. 



AVounds of the eyelids are to be treated on conservative princi- 

 ples; nothing must be destroyed; the edges are to be kept to- 

 gether by fine silver suture wire or silk. It is remarkable how 

 little blemish will remain when they are brought together nicely. 

 Zinc sulphate, five grains to the ounce of water, with a small 

 quantity of opium, may be added. 



MEMBRANE NICTITANS. 



An inflammation of this membrane takes place at times, being 

 manifested by redness and swelling. Use fomentations and ap- 

 ply zinc sulphate, grains forty; opium tr., ounces two; water, 

 ounces eight. 



Ulceration of this membrane is occasionally seen, and it be- 

 comes diseased to such an extent that it cannot be healed. When 

 such is the case, it should be removed with the scissors, after 

 having first secured the membrane with the tenaculum. It 

 should never be removed except in cases where there is no alter- 

 native. Ignorant horsemen have from time immemorial re- 

 moved this membrane for a disease they call hooks, which in 

 reality was lockjaw. It has also been removed by some for 

 evea-y disease of the eye. 



