The inferior turbinate on the affected side was hypertrophied for nearly its whole length and was in contact with the septum for some distance at the anterior extremity, being of a deep red color and very sensitive to touch. I told her that I believed it would be necessary to remove the turbinate with the saw and advised its removal as soon as possible, giving it as my opinion that it would be necessary to do the operation before the condition of the eye could be relieved. The patient admitted the force of my argument, but was inclined to wait a while until she could get her courage up a little higher. Meanwhile she wanted the canal dilated and begged me to do it. Visiting New York, I supplied myself with a canaliculus syringe and a set of Bowman’s probes, and on my return announced myself ready to commence treatment. I proceeded to insulate the probes in the manner alluded to for needles in nasal work, scraping the points bright for about a quarter of an inch. Before introducing the probe I washed the sac out thoroughly with a fifty per cent. solution of enzymol, and then, connecting the probe electrode with the negative cord of a galvanic battery by means of an artery forceps, introduced it (No. 2,—a No. 1 would not pass in the ordinary manner with considerable pressure) into the canal, and turned on the current until the meter registered two milliamperes. Using just enough pressure to guide the electrode, it gradually found its way along the canal, and in less than five minutes it had entered the nasal cavity without causing the loss of a drop of blood. In three days I passed a No. 4 in the same manner, and four days later a No. 6 passed easily. Three days after this a No. 7 was passed, and that size was passed three or four times afterwards at intervals three or four days. After the first passage of the No. 7, all of the solution used for the purpose of cleansing the sac passed through into the nasal cavity directly from the syringe, and there was no further collection of pus in the sac during a week in which the syringe was not used. The point I wanted to bring out, however, is that after the second treatment by electricity, the color of the mucous membrane covering the turbinate began to grow paler, and at the end of the treatments the entire body had contracted sufficiently to permit free and easy drainage and natural respiration. I am led, by this, to the thought that it may be good treatment in many cases of hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate, and possibly the others as well, to use the insulated probe electrodes in the lachrymal canal with the weak current, not exceeding one or two milliamperes. The careful use of this method may prove it to be a valuable addition to the present means of treating a class of cases that are troublesome to the patient and the doctor. THE PATHOGENIC AND THERAPEUTIC ACTION OF RHUS TOX. UPON THE EYE. BY CHARLES DEADY, M. D.