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bred, and are more valuable than formerly. Especially is this 
the case with sporting and pet dogs. 
The following cases have been taken from records made dur¬ 
ing my practice in Lowell: 
Case No. 1 — Extirpation of the Eye. —This patient, a small 
female Skye terrier, was brought to the infirmary with a lacerated 
wound of the globe of the left eye. The injury was received 
from the bite of another dog. The vitreous humor, together 
with the ruptured lens, was escaping through the rent, which ex¬ 
tended from the corneal margin to nearly the centre of the 
pupil. 
Consulting with Dr. Benoit, a physician who has a large 
ophthalmic practice, it was thought best to remove the globe, 
which was performed by dissecting away the orbital and conjuncti¬ 
val mucous membrane, exposing the muscles and dividing them, 
together with the optic nerve, the globe being transfixed during 
the operation, with forceps. No anaesthetic was used, on account 
of the age and small size of the patient, also the frequency of 
cardiac irritability shown in aged dogs. No great pain was 
manifested, except when the nerve was cut. The after treatment 
consisted in keeping the cavity of the orbit clean with a very 
weak solution of carbolic acid. 
As a result of the operation, from nervous shock, the bitch 
aborted, and for several days exhibited slight reacting fever. 
In two weeks’ time the parts had healed, leaving the lids only 
slightly separated, for adhesive inflammation had been stimulated 
by scarifying their inner surface, while the lids were brought in 
apposition with sutures. 
The owner desired to have a glass eye inserted, but it was not 
advised, for the experiment was tried in a previous case, and it 
was found impracticable, the glass eye acting as a foreign body, 
although removed and cleaned. To obviate an ugly-looking 
stump, especially in a short-haired dog, it would be well to ap¬ 
proximate the lids and promote adhesive inflammation, being 
careful to keep the cavity free from pus. 
Cases Nos. 2 & 3— Epithelioma of the Memhrana Nictitans 
—Enchondroma of the same. The first was a brown spaniel, with 
