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Dr, Hughes: In five cases that I operated upon three of 
them had subsequent attacks. One of them had no subsequent 
attack, while the fifth one I have not been able to keep track of. 
The operation is very simple. Make an incision of the cornea 
and sclerotic junction and liberate the contents of the anterior 
chamber. The eye collapses when the humor is liberated and 
fills up again in four or five days. 
Dr. Hawley : In regard to Dr. Ryan’s statement as to his 
pronouncing a horse with a speck in the eye unsound. I don’t 
want it understood that I was in any way criticising or defend¬ 
ing the opinion of the veterinarians. I just wanted to show 
the effect that these opinions had on the buyer. One rejected 
the horse on account of the eye, while the other passed him. 
Dr. Robertson : Is there any member who has anything 
new in the way of operations to report ? 
Dr. Aferrillat: iVbout a year ago we had presented at the 
clinics a case of chronic nasal discharge, which was diagnosed as 
pus accumulation in the guttural pouches. The animal was 
cast and the pus removed by operating through the fauces. 
Since that time I have made a number of experiments along 
this line. We have shown that by cutting the soft palate in the 
median line throughout its whole extent operations in the pha¬ 
rynx are comparatively simple. The hand containing a curved 
bistoury is passed through the fauces and the soft palate is cut 
from behind forward from the base of the epiglottis to the pala¬ 
tine bone. The fing^ers can then be inserted into the Eustachian 
tubes with ease and an examination of the guttural pouches 
easily made by palpation. If they are found to contain pus the 
roof of the pharynx is cut in the median line. This admits the 
fingers between the guttural pouches. The abscess is then 
broken into with the fingers. The first operation was performed 
on an animal in a recumbent position, but since that time a 
number have been operated upon in the standing position. The 
soft palate never reunites, but the animal seems to suffer no in¬ 
convenience therefrom. This new procedure of cutting the soft 
palate certainly opens a new field for diagnosis if not for a num¬ 
ber of surgical operations. The operation can be performed 
in a standing posture by the aid of a good substantial specu¬ 
lum. 
Dr. A. M. Casper was to have presented a paper on “ Tem¬ 
perature,” but failed to appear. 
Dr. Allen reported a case of hoof sloughing following the 
high operation of neurectomy. 
