PUNCTURE OF THE EYE OF A HORSE. 
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which the same remedy only can be effectually applied. This 
arises from drinking water impregnated with alum. The gentle- 
man to whom I have formerly alluded informed me that, on one 
occasion, a very large proportion of a flock died off, a circum- 
stance for which he could in nowise account. There was no ex- 
ternal sign of illness, yet they died. 
“ This induced him to subject the carcass of one of them to a 
regular anatomical process, which pointed out the stomach as the 
seat of the disease ; and, from other appearances, he came to the 
conclusion that the evil was caused by the water. He accordingly 
tested the water from holes on the run, and discovered one strongly 
impregnated with alum. The mystery was elucidated, the flock 
was removed, and the mortality ceased. We may, however, ex- 
pect more information upon this subject when a proper investi- 
gation shall have taken place/’ 
A CASE OF PUNCTURE OF THE EYE IN A HORSE. 
j By the late Mr. E. Price, of Cork. 
[The following little sketch from the pen of our deceased friend 
had been mislaid.] 
Although a constant reader of your useful and instructive 
Journal, my contributions have, hitherto, been few and far between. 
In the first place, I am quite unused to writing for the public 
eye ; and persons, like myself, in active practice, have little time 
to commit their ideas to paper in a manner worthy of the sub- 
ject. It has often been matter of regret and surprise to me that 
there is such a paucity of contributions from practitioners of long 
standing, and from the army veterinary surgeons, the latter of 
whom must have such rare opportunities for experimental prac- 
tice, and time wherewithal to communicate the same ; while the 
latter must be in possession of practical facts that would edify 
many a junior, and even senior practitioner. 
A deep feeling of this must be pleaded as my excuse for now 
intruding upon you. Should you approve of my present contri- 
bution, I have other subjects in petto 7 as the cautery, the seton, 
and the efficacy of the sulphate of copper. We should not, I 
think, act upon the principle to get what we can, and keep what 
we get, but each should communicate the result of his own ex- 
perience and observation and practice. It is this feeling which 
induces me to forward the present communication. 
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