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W. H. DAERYMPLE. 
I have discussed veterinary education, veterinary sanitation, 
a few operations from the domain of surgery, and a few points in 
disease and treatment work, to illustrate something of what the 
modern veterinarian is doing. If the gentlemen of this associa¬ 
tion have gained new ideas concerning veterinary practice, or a 
broader interest in the great field of comparative medicine, I am 
content. 
(.Reprinted from the “ ReveilleLouisiana State University.) 
INTRA-OCULAR FILARIASIS. 
By Dr. W. H. Daerympee, Baton Rouge, La. 
Although titles such as the above are not of weekly occur¬ 
rence in the columns of The Reveille , readers need not be at all 
disconcerted, as this one simply refers to a thread-like worm or 
parasite in the interior of the eye. It might be in man, or a 
steer, or even an ass, but in the present instance it was only in 
a horse. All this explanation would, probably, have been un¬ 
called for, had we stated, in plain everyday language, and with¬ 
out all these scientific terms, that the condition we desired to 
describe was nothing more nor less than worm in the eye; or 
snake, if you prefer looking at it through a magnifying glass. 
Or, in other words, if you would rather have it exaggerated just 
a little bit. But, as ours is an institution of learning, where 
scientific terms are in daily use, and where we are supposed to 
become familiar with, and know the meaning of, scientific 
phraseology, it would be too common-place to use the expres¬ 
sion : worm in the eye, when we had recourse to such a eupho¬ 
nic and expressive appellation, as intra-ocular filariasis. Be¬ 
sides, we must not be so selfish as to want to keep all our 
scientific learning within the confines of the college campus. 
We must share the benefits of our information with our readers, 
so that, should any one of them, come across a worm in the eye 
of any animal, possessed of visual organs, including the genus 
homo, he may, if he likes, be so mediocre as to give it its com¬ 
mon everyday name, but if he wishes to appear quite an fait in 
