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collodion or orthoform and collodion,* and treated as an 

 ordinary small surgical wound (see p. 50) ; when only a very 

 small piece is taken out, there is no absolute necessity for the 

 insertion of the sutures. The only unfavourable sequelae to 

 be feared are ^\'hen an ugly sore occurs as the result of 



Fig. 87.— Entropion and Trichiasi.s of the Left Eyelid. 

 The diagram above shows how the inturned lashes irritate the cornea. 



continual rubbing or scratching,^ or when too great an ellipse 

 is made and the eyelid becomes a little everted ; neither is, 

 however, of anj'thing more than minor importance. ^ second 



' Iodoform and collodion is teinporarily irritating when applied so near 

 the eyeball, and for this reason is to be avoided, as'tlie patient may (on 

 this account) immediately rub out the sutures and make an ugly-looking 

 wound. 



'" Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, vol. viii., p. 247. 



