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cord around the pedicile close to the skin ; if it does not fall 

 off in a few days another strong thread may be tightly tied 

 around it at the same place. Caustic medicines (Lunar 

 Costic or Tri-Chlor- Acetic Acid) may be applied, once every 

 four or five days, until the tumor can be pulled away by the 

 fingers. Care must be taken not to get these caustics into 

 the eye ; it is best not to use caustics except on tumors with 

 large, thick bases that cannot be ligated or excised. 



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WOUNDS OF THE EYELIDS. 



These occur through bites, tearing on nails, harness, hooks 

 of snaps, barbs of wire fences and other projecting points, 

 about the stable or stall. If the wound is fresh the edges 

 may be brought together by stiches one-third of an inch 

 apart; ordinary white silk thread may be used. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE EYELIDS. 



Various injuries and bruises of the eyelids may occur 

 when a horse is rolling or throwing his head during colic 

 attacks, or other painful diseases; or neighboring tissues 

 may be injured or bruised and the inflammation extend to 

 the eyelids. 



The writer has repeatedly observed the eyelids of cattle 

 attacked by ringworm, a transmissable parasitic disease of 

 the skin, causing not only inflammation of the eyelids but 

 also of the conjunctiva, extending at times to the cornea. 



Constitutional diseases (anthrax, Texas fever, purpura) 

 may be attended by swollen and inflamed eyelids. Small 

 wounds may admit germs into the tissues of the eyelids 

 and produce inflammatory swellings. 



Inflammation, resulting from wounds, bruises, etc., may 

 be reduced by bathing the eye in cold water and applying 

 antiseptic solutions. In ringworm the crusts and scales 

 must be washed and scraped from the skin and then a one 

 per cent, solution of corrosive sublimate may be applied, 



