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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY 



The Prognosis is excellent if the patient may completely 

 lose all traces of the defect, unless the latter has been very 

 extensive. 



Dropsy of the Eyeball (Hydrops Oculi). 



An enlargement of one or both eyeballs is sometimes seen 

 in the dog and cat, being due to an increase in the amount 

 of fluid found in the anterior chamber of the eye. As a rule 



Fiy. 74. — Fox-terrier with Dropsy of the Eyeball and Glaucoma.' 

 This patient had also an inverted lens. 



its progress is gradual, and the patient does not suffer any 

 great inconvenience or pain ; the eyesight, however, becomes 

 impaired, and, on this account and the prominent position of 

 the cornea, the latter is more prone to injury. 



Treatment. — Tapping of the cornea (see next page), to- 

 gether with the internal administration of potassium iodide, 



1 For this photograph I am indebted to Mr. H. Gray, M.R.C.V.S. 



