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LACERATION OF THE EYELIDS. 
posed of the very thinnest dark-bordered twigs interwoven 
in a very complicated manner. The annexed drawing (fig. 1 1) 
exhibits their arrangement in a preparation I made from a 
small portion of the surface of the coronary cushion. 
LACERATION OF THE EYELIDS. REMOVAL OF 
THE MEMBRANA NICTITANS. 
By “ QujESIter.” 
The other evening about eight a grey gelding, with his 
head smothered in blood, was brought for me to see ; at the 
first look, in the distance, it appeared as if something very 
dreadful had happened, owing, perhaps, to blood showing so 
much more on a grey or white than any other colour. 
The horse was very much excited, restive, and unwilling to 
allow any one to approach him, so that I had considerable 
difficulty in getting near enough even to examine the injury. 
After a time, with a little management, I succeeded in washing 
some of the blood off, and then found that both eyelids on the 
near side, as also the haw or membrana nictitans, were quite 
torn through. The stablemen having left work I had not 
sufficient assistance to cast so unruly a patient, and therefore 
had to proceed with the necessary manipulations as best I 
could. A moment’s reflection showed me that it would be 
useless to attempt to bring the torn edges of the membrana 
nictitans into apposition with a view to their uniting ; there- 
fore, with a large and sharp pair of scissors, whilst the horse’s 
attention was diverted, I cut it bodily off, removing the whole. 
The punishment made the animal still more difficult to manage, 
but I eventually succeeded in sewing the torn edges of the 
eyelids together, and that, too, very neatly, by means of metal 
or wire sutures. 
A strong anodyne and purgative draught was administered, 
as much as anything with a view to produce nausea, and keep 
the horse quiet ; he was then fastened by pillar reins in such 
a manner as to prevent him rubbing out the stitches. 
The night watchman had instructions to sponge the eye 
from time to time during the night with tepid water, if the 
horse would allow him to do so. 
The next morning at half-past eight o’clock the horse was 
much quieter, and there was not so much swelling as I had 
expected to find. The eye was much injected and there was 
