202 CANINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY 



Under complete anesthesia, and with all aseptic 

 precautions, the margins of the lids are denuded of 

 their skin and the lids sutured together (blepharor- 

 rhaphy). When union is complete and the sutures 

 removed, melted surgical wax is introduced into 

 the orbit by means of a hypodermic syringe, in suffi- 

 cient quantity to produce the appearance of a nor- 

 mally closed eye. As the wax cools, it is gently 

 kneaded to the proper form. 



