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depressed ; diseases speedily run their course, and their termi- 
nation is generally fatal. Those animals also that have been 
subjected to severe surgical operations are also greatly affected 
b}^ it. No particular diseases have prevailed during the quarter. 
Such affections as mastoiditis, coryza, and elephantiasis have 
progressed favorably. This last affection is peculiar to hot 
countries, and at this season of the year it assumes the 
acute form. Ophthalmia from the presence of worms has 
been frequently observed, affecting chiefly the globe of the 
eye, but not the aqueous humour. It is generally observed 
that, in the month of July and August, these parasites are 
found existing on the cornea. Upwards of twenty have 
been noticed in the same eye. They often interlace and 
form small bundles under the membrana nictitans. At 
other times they creep over the cornea with great rapidity, 
and if disturbed hide themselves in the folds of the con- 
junctiva, and generally at the inner canthus. They do not 
always produce positive inflammation, but there is always 
more or less irritation of the eye present, which is evinced 
by the animals rubbing their eyes against any convenient 
thing. The treatment consists in first removing the worms, 
and then in the employment of collyriums, which possess 
anthelmintic properties. 
Calcareous affections of the urinary organs in the ox 
tribe occurred towards the end of August and during Sep- 
tember. This was to be attributed to the forage, which 
consisted principally of maize, which contained much w T ater 
of vegetation, and which greatly increased both the secre- 
tion of urine, and facilitated the passage of the calculi 
into the urethral canal. The obstruction to the passage of 
the urine is shown by slight colicky pains, and by the in- 
curvation of the spine. &c. The treatment consisted in 
removing the calculi by a surgical operation, but which could 
not be at all times effected. 
EILARLE ON THE EYE OE AN OX. 
Par M. Baillet, Professeur a l’Ecole T eterinaire de Toulouse. 
The worms which were found under the eyelids of an ox 
in 1858 , were Nematoides , which by their organization 
belong to the genus Filaria. They, however, appear to 
constitute a distinct and well-characterised variety, which 
has not hitherto been described in any work I have yet seen. 
I therefore think it very opportune to be enabled to give 
their principal characters. These worms are gregarious, 
being found generally in numbers of nine, — eight females and 
