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eyelid, towards the inner can thus, was inverted on the eyeball, 
and the constant irritation had induced a chronic conjunctivitis, 
this condition having now existed for about five weeks. An 
operation being necessary, Dr. Pomeroy kindly tendered his 
services. The operation was a simple one, the animal being 
placed under the influence of ether, on Oct. 8th, and the diseased 
border of each lid trimmed off with a small pair of curved 
scissors, so as to allow the lids to adapt themselves naturally to¬ 
gether. The portion removed on each was nearly one-half inch 
long and about one-fourth inch wide. Since then the wound is 
healing favorably; the treatment being simply to keep clean and 
the animal is apparently relieved of all cause of trouble. 
RUPTURE OF PERINEUM IN A MARE. 
By Dr. W. Curry, House Surgeon. 
I have never vet seen in print a record of a case of this kind 
and from good authority learn that there are none recorded, prob¬ 
ably due to the fact of uniformly bad, or unfavorable results. 
Were the lacerations confined to the perineum proper 1 see no 
reasons why they should not heal rapidly enough, but such cases 
are exceedingly rare. Rupture of the perineum must necessarily 
mean more or less extensive lacerations of roof of vagina and 
floor of rectum. Now no matter how closely or how well the 
torn edges of rectum are adapted to each other, where the foeces 
collect there—and they have more opportunity to collect on acco¬ 
unt of lost expelling power of this portion of the rectum—away 
go your sutures; and should they fortunately hold for a time— 
the process of healing is so much interfered with by the collec¬ 
tion of foeces, that the sutures become macerated, partly absorbed, 
and finally give way entirely before the edges have had time to 
unite. This difficulty might be overcome by using silver wire, 
but this must be so fine in order to introduce at all that it readily 
cuts through the edges. 
The subject of which I write, was a brown mare, ten years of age, 
fifteen hands two inches high, and was admitted to the hospital on 
Saturday Sept. 24th, 1887; the following is the history : Sept. 16th, 
