. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. a tenaculum or a thread is put in the body of the eye, cut through theconjunctiva with a pair of small curved scissors closely behind the cornea,snipping the scissors around the eye, keeping as close to the bulb of theeye as possible, and by this means separate the muscles and then cutthrough the optic nerve. The author thinks it is advisable to removethe membrana nictitans at the same time (Fig. 150). After enucleation, the cavity of the eye is washed out with an anti-septic fluid and the bleeding is stopped by means of a tampon; and the 428 DISEASES
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. a tenaculum or a thread is put in the body of the eye, cut through theconjunctiva with a pair of small curved scissors closely behind the cornea,snipping the scissors around the eye, keeping as close to the bulb of theeye as possible, and by this means separate the muscles and then cutthrough the optic nerve. The author thinks it is advisable to removethe membrana nictitans at the same time (Fig. 150). After enucleation, the cavity of the eye is washed out with an anti-septic fluid and the bleeding is stopped by means of a tampon; and the 428 DISEASES OF THE EYES cavity should he powdered with boracic acid or sulphonal. Pack the orbitwith absorbent cotton and put two stitches in the eyelids. The stitchesand packing must be removed in twenty-four hours. The further treat-ment consists in cleaning out the cavity with corrosive sublimate solution(1 to 3000) twice daily. Dogs are not badly disfigured by the loss ofone eye, as the orbit becomes contracted and partially filled with granula-. FiG. 150.—Muscles of the left eye: a, Superior; b, external; c, inferior straight muscles of the eye; 1eyeball; 2, orbital arch cut through. tions. It is not advisable to use artificial eyes, as the animal generallyrubs them out, and such operations as tattooing the stump, only removingthe anterior portion of the eye, or cleaning out the contents of the eye-ball and stitching up the sclerotic membrane are not only invariablyimpracticable but very apt to act an as irritant and cause a constantdischarge from the cavity, and the empty orbit always presents a dis-gusting appearance. DISEASES OF THE EAR, Serous Cyst.{Othematoma; Hanatonia.) By this term we mean a blood or lymphatic excretion lying betweenthe skin and cartilage of the ear, and forming a tumor in the externalor internal part of the lobe. It generally occurs on the inside of the rare cases it has been found in the external side, and in still rarer casesboth inside and outsi
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