DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
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ers of the department. We will begin with the operations 
upon the eye, and will be pleased to publish any veterinarian’s 
methods of operating upon the eye, ear and upper air passages 
when presented to us for publication. The surgery of the eye, 
which we shall briefly consider, will be divided as follows: 
A. Operation upon the eyeball. 
1. Operation for pterygium. 
2. “ “ symbleph&ron. 
3. “ “ trachoma. 
4. Periotomy. 
5. Surgical treatment of superficial wounds of eyeball. 
6. Subconjunctival injections. 
7. Tattooing of cornea. 
8. Sclerotomy. 
9. Operation for staphyloma. 
10. Enucleation of eyeball. 
11. Evisceration of eyeball. 
12. Iridotomy. 
13. Iridectomy. 
14. Operations upon lens. 
B. Surgery of appendages of the eye. 
1. Removal of eyelashes. 
2. Operation upon canthus. 
3. Ablation of chalazion. 
4. Operation for entropia and trachiasis. 
5. Surgical treatment of ectropia. 
6. Operation for ptosis. 
7. Irrigation of lachrymal duct. 
8. Excision of lachrymal sac. 
9. Excision of lachrymal gland. 
10. Surgical treatment of diseases of membrana nictitans. 
11. Surgical treatment for blepharoptosis. 
C. Operations on orbit. 
1. Treatment of fracture. 
2. Removal of tumors from orbit. 
3. Surgical treatment of abscesses. 
4. Surgical treatment of orbital fistulse. 
D. Prosthesis oculi. 
A. Opei'ations upon the Eyeball. — In ophthalmic surgery, 
every detail of asepsis must be practiced at all times, no matter 
how simple the procedure may appear ; all instruments, needles, 
suturing material and dressings must be surgically clean ; they 
should be boiled and placed in an antiseptic bath until needed. 
