313 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



PROTRUSION OF THE EYE. 



This occasionally happens. The eye is forced out 

 of the socket; — the lid contracts, and may prevent its 

 return. If the accident has not long occurred, a little 

 patience will accomplish the return of the eye, with a 

 fair chance of preserving the sight. 



The part must be gently but well cleansed. The 

 eye should then be oiled, and while an assistant holds 

 back the lids, the operator, having his hand covered 

 with a silk handkerchief, should endeavour to return 

 the globe. Should this be found impossible, without 

 loss of time the upper lid should be sundered, when 

 the opening being enlarged, the replacement is easily 

 accomplished. The sundered lid should be left alone 

 till all bleeding has ceased, when the sides should be 

 brought together by a single suture, and the wound 

 repeatedly bathed with the solution of the chloride of 

 zinc, one grain to the ounce of water. It is astonish- 

 ing how readily wounds on the eyelids heal, and the 

 reader may be surprised to perceive how few traces 

 such an operation will leave behind it. 



CHAPTER y. 



THE TONGUE. 



The dog is subject to bladders under the tongue. 

 These seem to occasion excessive pain, as the animal 

 luring their existence will not eat, and touching the 



