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but I heard from his owner that all pain and discharge had 

 ceased. Having occasion to pass the owner's house in Sep- 

 tember, 1875, I called tS 'see the pup ; and found that the eye 

 v(as much inflamed, and a fresh crop of hairs had grown. I 

 then determined to pare off the ' wart ' — for such it seemed to 

 be; but how to do it without chloroform or the proper instru- 

 ments was the question. 



" I decided to transfix the base of the wart with a needle, 

 and cut it clean off the cornea, with a scalpel. Making a 

 hook with a silver probe to steady the lid, which was held by 

 an assistant, I was able, after a little trouble, to pass a strong 

 sewing-needle, armed with a stout thread, through the base, 

 and, pulling it away from the cornea, I dissected the growth 

 very carefully from its attachment, and effectually eradicated 

 it. No more hairs made their appearance, and the wound 

 speedily healed. There was, unfortunately, a considerable 

 deposit of lymph in the eye from long-continued irrita- 

 tion which, perhaps, might have been prevented had I 

 exercised the portion at first. I may add, in conclusion, 

 that it was horny to the touch, and not like transplanted 

 skin, which the presence of colored hairs would appear to in- 

 dicate," 



In the following number for May, Mr. W. A. Taylor. 

 F.R.C.V.S., records a similar instance in a fox-ferrier puppy, 

 fourteen weeks old : 



" My attention was recently directed to the dog's eye by 

 my brother, whose property the puppy is. He had noticed 

 the existence of the tumor soon after the usual nine days' 

 blindness of puppy life. 



" An examination of the eye (in this instance the left) 

 reveals to the beholder what at first appears to be ' something 

 white ' in the dog's eye. On a more careful inspection, the 

 white object is discovered to be a fixed tumor, circular in 

 outline, of a pinky-white tint, and iiaving a diameter of three- 

 sixteenths of an inch ; it is slightly raised above the level of 

 the eye, and from it grow some white hairs, in number about 



