CHAPTER IX

OPERATIONS FOR ENTROPION, REPAIR OF THE EYELIDS, TRICHIASIS, AND ECTROPION

Electrolysis, 275. Skin and Muscle Operation, 275. Rectification of a Faulty Curvature of the Tarsus--_Burow’s Operation_, 276; _Streatfield’s Operation_, 277. Transplantation of the Lash-bearing Area--Arlt’s Operation, 278. Ectropion Operations, 279--for Passive Ectropion, 280; _Snellen’s Suture Method_, 280; _Fergus’s Operation_, 281; _Kuhnt’s Operation_, 281; _Argyll Robertson’s Operation_, 282. For the Active or Cicatricial Form, 284; _VY Operation_, 284; _Denonvillier’s Operation_, 285; _Fricke’s Operation_, 285; _Thiersch’s Skin-grafting_, 287. Repair of large Losses of Substance from the Eyelids, 287; _De Vincentiis’ Operation_, 287; _Dieffenbach’s Operation_, 288 275-289