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remove the iris from the capsule, some fragments of the 
pigment remained attached to the latter. The circum¬ 
ferences of the lens might be compared in their cortical layers 
to whitish, striated rays, while the surface was partly rough 
and uneven. 
12/7* Ohs .—The right eye of a horse (No. 164). Capsulo- 
lenticular cataract. 
On dissection, the anterior and posterior capsules were 
found thickened; the anterior adhered to the iris, and it was, 
moreover, covered with small, white, cretaceous points. 
Deposits of the same substance were likewise found between 
the capsule and the lens. This latter was also covered with 
some plastic matter. The other membranes presented no 
alterations. 
8. A few words on the cataract in the eye of the horse. 
From the preceeding observations it may be concluded 
that cataract in the eye of the horse is almost always capsulo- 
lenticular and consequent upon specific ophthalmia, also 
accompanied by other consequences of this affection, such 
as synechia of the anterior and posterior parts, without 
mentioning those cases where grave alterations are found in 
the inner membranes, causing amaurosis and atrophy of the 
globe of the eye. 
The operation for cataract is difficult on account of the 
adhesions and alterations of the crystalloid, &c. 
The prognosis is always doubtful and unfavorable, on 
account of the disposition to phlegmasia which is left after 
an attack of specific ophthalmia, and the violent reaction that 
takes place, both externally and internally, after the opera¬ 
tion. 
I have never obtained perfect success in the horse from 
my operations for the cataract, neither have I ever operated 
on a case in that animal in which the cataract was not ac¬ 
companied by some traces of the effects of the attack of 
ophthalmia, were it only a fev T exudative striae on the cap¬ 
sule or some albuminous spots on the cornea. 
In all my numerous dissections of the eyes of the horse I 
have only met with one simple lenticular cataract (vide 
Ohs. 10) without capsular opacity or some pathological altera¬ 
tions of the other parts of the globe of the eye. Neither 
have I had the previous advantage of the use of anaesthetics, 
not having operated since 1840. 
The retraction of the rectus muscle is also so sudden and 
violent in the horse that the operation by extraction is im¬ 
possible, and that by the needle very difficult. 
To support what I have advanced, there are other observa- 
