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DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
I wish those who have had similar cases would report them. I 
may say that the mare made a quick and complete recovery. 
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
By L. A. and E. Merielat, 
Chicago Veterinary College , 2537-39 State Street , Chicago , III. 
SURGERY OF THE EYE, EAR AND UPPER AIR PASSAGES. 
{Continued .) 
5. Surgical Treatment of Wounds of the Eyeball.— 
In our brief consideration of the superficial wounds we will adhere 
to the following outline, which will include most of the com¬ 
mon injuries to the eyeball of domestic animals : — 
I. Wounds or injuries. 
1. Penetrating. 
( a ) Punctured. 
( b ) Incised or lacerated. 
2. Superficial. 
(, a ) Incised. 
(b) Lacerated. 
(c) Scratched. 
( d ) Abraded. 
( e ) Compressed. 
(f) Contused. 
(g) Contusive. 
(h) Erodent. 
II. Rupture of eyeball. 
III. Abscesses. 
IV. Fistulse. 
■V. Ulcers. 
VI. Burns and Corrosions. 
VII. Foreign bodies in eyeball. 
1. Penetrating Wounds are not very common in domestic 
animals ; we occasionally meet them in general practice, in ani¬ 
mals that have been injured by street cars, railway trains or u runa¬ 
ways.” These wounds are most always in the anterior part of 
the eyeball, generally in the cornea or sclero-corneal margin ; 
tlieir shape, form and size depend much upon the way in which 
the injury was inflicted, and the nature of the object which caused 
the wound. Some of these wounds may be so small that they 
can scarcely be noticed and still may injure the deeper structures 
