Ectropion, or ECTROPIUM

Eversion of the margin of a part; usually applied to turning out of the edge of the eyelids. Ecuador. Republic of S. America, s. of Colombia; area 108,082 sq. miles. The w. part is occupied by the high ranges of the Andes, which extend nearly to the Pacific coast. The e. part is a densely forested plain, drained by the upper waters of the Amazon. The capital is Quito. E. was freed from Spain 1821. Together with New Granada and Venezuela it formed the United States of Colombia, which was di olved in 1832, when it became an independent republic. It was originally the kingdom of Quito, to, whose history is supposed to extend back to the 3d century. From ab. 1735 to 1822 it was a dependency of Peru under the donjinion of Spain. It was embroiled for many years in civil wars and in conflicts with Peru, and was visited by a severe earthquake 1868, in which 30,000 persons are said to have perished. Pop., 1892, ab. 1,270,000, mostly Indians or of mixed blood.