Clean incised wounds are rare, while lacerations with or without contusions are the common experience. The laceration often extends through the free margin of the lid, and then to one side, mostly the outer, in a direction more or less parallel to the tarsus. The result is that the detached flap drops downward exposing a greater or less portion of the bulb covered with blood. The conjunctiva, the cornea, the sclerotic or iris may be implicated in the lesion in different cases, so that such wounds are of the most varied degree of gravity. If, however, the lesion is confined to the lid, and in the absence of absolute detachment of the flap, or severe contusion, a good repair may be confidently hoped for. The vascularity and reparatory powers of the eyelid are unusually great, and the looseness of the skin, connective tissue, mucosa, and even the muscles is such that they do not draw injuriously upon the edges of the wound to disturb the process of cicatrization. If the two opposing ends of the divided tarsal cartilage are kept in accurate opposition, the elasticity of his structure serves to preserve the even contour of the palpebral margin, and the adhesion or granulation process between the edges of the wound, soon becomes firm enough to prevent further displacement. Even when one-half of the eyelid is torn loose, remaining attached only by a narrow portion, reunion without any unsightly distortion is not to be despaired of. In case of a mere vertical laceration on the other hand, the case is very simple and hopeful. Even when a portion of a lid has been completely torn off and lost, the loose textures of the remaining part, often appear to stretch in the process of healing so that a fairly serviceable, though by no means an æsthetic covering for the eye may remain. This may serve for a common work horse, but the unsightliness would necessarily debar him from use in a carriage or as a saddle horse. The imperfect protection too, exposes the eye to rainstorms, hail and snow, as well as to dust, and greatly predisposes to conjunctivitis. _Treatment._ One can trust implicitly to the extraordinary reparatory power of the eyelids, yet so unsightly is any distortion of these parts, that the greatest pains must be taken to obviate loss of substance, or unevenness or puckering in healing. The points to be mainly sought for are the perfect coaptation of the divided edges, and the restraining of the patient from interrupting the healing process and breaking loose the forming adhesions, by rubbing the eye.