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REPORTS OF OASES. 359 
and the vitreous fluid falling down in a flow as thick as a lead 
pencil and filling entirely the opening made in the eye. The 
pupil was intact, semi-opaque, lifeless; the conjunctiva was sunk 
all around the pupil. The opening was of a triangular form, 
located a little above and behind the pupil, and leading into the 
posterior cavity of the eye. It was proven that the horse had 
been injured by a pitchfork the evening before, after dark. 
This is the second case that I found in my practice where the 
eyeball was burst; with my first patient the treatment was very 
successful, and, as I was called very soon after this accident had 
happened, I felt confident of succeeding as well in this case. A 
wet cushion was applied over the eye; the horse was gently phys¬ 
icked, put at half diet and kept quiet in a dark place until the 
fourth day, when I called again to see him, and found that 
the eye had refilled and regained its former natural size. The 
wet cushion was continued for another week, and a collyrium com¬ 
posed of calomel, extract of belladonna, tincture of aloes and rose 
water was introduced twice a day in the eye with a feather. At 
the end of that time the eyesight was entirely restored. A clear 
cicatrix of a triangular shape, in white lines with a blueish shad¬ 
ing around it, extended even to that portion of the conjunctiva 
which covers the pupil. The horse was .sent to work and all 
treatment ceased. 
Considering the excellent success I attained in these two 
cases, I think I have a right to disagree with the eminent veterinary 
editor of the /Spirit of the Times when he declares such cases to 
be hopeless and always fatal. I firmly believe that whenever the 
eyeball is pierced in either the anterior or posterior cavity, and 
when the horse is given perfect rest and subjected to a proper 
treatment immediately, there is every prospect of a favorable 
issue, unless some important organ, like the retina and crystal¬ 
lized lens with its capsule, had been injured. 
SALIVARY CALCULI. 
By the Same. 
It is a very common occurrence to find salivary calculi in 
horses- in the San Joaquin Valley. These concretions, varying in 
