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in the caruncula lachrymalis and the tissue which covers 
it, one must see that in the dog there are all the elements to 
cause the development of pterygium when provoked by fluxion. 
After describing the phenomena which constitute the acute 
and the chronic states of the malady, the author enters upon 
the etiology and a research of the principal cause of the evil. 
It is useless to state that he finds this in the products of the 
pre-existing phlegmasia of the genito-urinary organs. From 
information obtained, he says,-from the keepers who had the 
care of the dogs, there exists a redness of the meatus with 
itching, and an irresistible desire to coition in males; in the 
females a tumefaction of the vulva, from which there is a 
slight discharge. Thinking that it arose from a bitch which 
was at heat, they contented themselves by separating the 
sexes, but the affection continued to run its course in spite of 
this and the remedies resorted to, which consisted in keeping 
the parts clean and the application of an emollient lotion. 
The keepers also informed him of an important fact, that the 
gonorrhoea existed before the ophthalmia, and it was only 
about eight days since some of them, and five since others, had 
shown the first symptoms of ophthalmia. It was then that 
M. Guilmot was requested to attend them. There were 
thirteen in all affected; they were setters and pointers. 
The phenomena observed in the genito-urinary organs of 
these animals must evidently lead to its being considered as 
urethro-balanite in the male, and urethro-vaginite in the 
females. In the latter it was less acute than in the former, 
but the ophthalmia was of the same intensity in both sexes. 
In all of them there was secretion of pus mixed with mucus 
of a vellowish-white colour. 
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The author now tried to discover whether the ophthalmia 
was the result of a direct transference of the muco-pus to the 
oculo-palpebral membrane, or the consequence of contagion 
through miasmatic influence. To solve this question, M. 
Guilmot resorted to direct experiments. This was done by’ 
depositing the blennorrhagic pus on the oculo-palpebral 
membrane of two setters, three years' old, which had had the 
distemper, and might therefore be considered fit subjects. 
The application was kept on by means of a bandage for 
nine hours. On the third day phlogosis, pruritus, and occlu¬ 
sion of the eyelids were present; on the fifth day^, heat, 
weeping of the eyes, and complete occlusion with photo¬ 
phobia; on the seventh day’ - , secretion from the conjunctiva, 
agglutination of the eyelids, vascular injection, and pterygium ; 
on the eighth,the vascular pterygium was more clearly defined, 
converging to one or several points in the cornea, so as to 
