444 FRACTURE OF THE ARCH OF THE ORBIT. 
August (Uh, doing very well. I have not seen her since, but am 
informed that she is quite well, and greatly improved in condition. 
P.S. I cannot omit this opportunity of naming a case of rare 
occurrence that I attended in the month of July last. It was a 
horse twenty-two years old, belonging to Mr. Robert Rowntree, 
miller, of this place. The animal died ; and when the body was 
opened, an intestinal concretion weighing upwards of eighteen 
pounds was found, but, not being present at the opening, am un 
able to state particulars. I should feel obliged by your remarks, 
or those of any of your correspondents, as to the cause of their 
formation, &c. 
J. S. 
FRACTURE OF THE ARCH OF THE ORBIT 
IN A MARE. 
By Mr. Pritchard, Wolverhampton. 
AUGUST 14, 1829. A chesnut mare, the property of Thomas 
Evans, Esq., Pendeford, near Wolverhampton, received a blow 
over the eye, which fractured the orbit from the superciliary fora¬ 
men in a line through the zygomatic processes of the temporal 
and malar bones, to the outer angle of the eye. The detached 
portion of bone, together with the divided integument, hung over 
the eye so as to intercept vision, and gave to the injury every ap¬ 
pearance of a very bad case. On examining the place where the 
accident occurred, two portions of bone were found belonging to 
the orbital arch. 
After carefully examining the wound, and finding no further 
detached portions or spiculae that might wound the adjacent 
parts, the skin was carefully drawn together over the orbit, and 
two pins of silver wire by the twisted suture closed this part of 
the wound, and had the eftect of securing the detached portion 
of bone in its proper place. The lateral part of the wound was 
not closed. Nothing further was done, and the mare was ordered 
a mash diet. 
15th. Considerable inflammation has taken place; the eye 
completely closed, with an inspissated discharge from the con¬ 
junctive membrane through the eyelids. R. Barbadoes aloes 3 v, 
and ginger 3i, made into a ball with mucilage of gum. Fomen¬ 
tations of tepid water to be applied frequently. 
1Inflammation and swelling rather increased ; pus ap¬ 
pears at the wound, and the ball has operated. Bleed from the 
