phthalmia, through the formation
of a corneal fissure. The authors have personal knowledge of a case of
spontaneous extrusion of the lens through a corneal ulcer, in a case of
ophthalmia of the new-born.

Injury of the Eyeball by Birds.--There are several instances in which
birds have pierced the eyeball with their bills, completely destroying
vision. Not long since a prominent taxidermist winged a crane, picked
it up, and started to examine it, when it made one thrust with its bill
and totally destroyed his eyeball. In another instance a man was going
from the railroad station to his hotel in a gale of wind, when, as he
turned the corner of the street, an English sparrow was blown into his
face. Its bill penetrated his eyeball and completely ruined his sight.
There are several instances on record in which game fowls have
destroyed the eyes of their owners. In one case a game cock almost
completed the enucleation of the eye of his handler by striking him
with his gaff while preparing in a cock-pit.

Moorehead explains a rare accident to an eye as follows:--

"Mr. S. B. A., while attending to his bees, was stung by one upon the
right upper eyelid near its center. An employee, who was assisting in
the work, immediately discovered the sting driven in the lid and
cautiously extracted it, stating that he made sufficient traction to
lift the lid well away from the globe. In a few hours the lid became
much swollen, but the pain experienced at first had disappeared. Before
retiring for the night he began gentle massage of the lid, stroking it
horizontally with his finger. The edematous condition was by this means
much reduced in a short time. While thus engaged in stroking the lid he
suddenly experienced intense pain in the eye as if it had been pierced
by a sharp instrument. The suffering was very severe, and he passed a
wretched night, constantly feeling 'something in his eye.'

"The next morning, the trouble continuing, he came to me for relief.
Upon examination of the lid, no opening could be made out where the
sting had penetrated, and a minute inspection of the conjunctival
surface with a good glass failed to reveal any foreign substance.
Cleansing the lid thoroughly, and carefully inspecting with a lens
under strong light, a minute dark point was made out about the center
of the lid. Feeling that this might be the point of the sting, I had
recourse to several expedients for its removal, but without success.
Finally,