CORRESPONDENCE 
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ARTIFICIAL EYES. 
By the Same. 
Reading a communication some time since in the Veterinary Jour¬ 
nal relating to artificial eyes for horses, and moved largely by curios¬ 
ity I ordered some, and a few weeks since received them. I inserted 
one over an eye that had been blind for a few years, and which was 
much atrophied, and was agreeably surprised at the change it wrought, 
removing, to a great extent, that vacant appearance present where an 
eye has been ruptured or, as in this case, greatly atrophied. 
I first put in one that was too small, but immediately replaced it 
with a larger one. I had just inserted it and was inspecting it, when in 
came one of those smart individuals that always know what is the mat¬ 
ter, and what to do for it. He stepped up and looked at it (there being 
at the time a slight flow of tears), and expressed it as his opinion that if 
we would just put a little white sugar in that eye, it would be all right 
in a day or two. 
The eve remained in three weeks, retaining perfectly its bright 
polish, and causing no inconvenience whatever. The animal never try¬ 
ing to rub it. Every morning there is a slight collection of matter at 
the inner angle of the eye, but this used to be the same before the eye 
was inserted. On removal of the eye there was found behind it a small 
collection of matter, which was removed and the eye replaced, and has 
not been touched since, and is causing no more inconvenience than 
before. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
To the Editor American Veterinary Review : 
My Dear Sir: I must beg of your courtesy the privilege of cor¬ 
recting a misrepresentation of Cornell University in your editorial on 
Veterinary Education in your December issue. I do not for a moment 
claim that there was any intentional misstatement on your part. I must 
suppose that you are laboring under a misapprehension of the facts, 
but I feel it none the less imperative to make this correction, inasmuch 
as you have made a charge which, if left uncontradicted, will be accepted 
by all as unanswerable. 
Let me, then, state explicity that Cornell University does not at- 
