;itti-cted jiud (Le exteut of llie iujiirv. lu most cases, 

 they are cliaracterized liv swelling ot the eyelids, in 

 terferem-e with vision, cloudiness of the front of the 

 eye, sometimes, total blindness. In the latter case, 

 treatment is not to be recommended; the fowl should 

 be destroyed at once. But if the tiiMible ntfects only 

 one eye, or is not an unusu.-iUy severe type, it may be 

 treated by cleansint; the eyelids with wann water, to 

 which boracic acid has been addetl in the proportion of 

 15 }irs. to the or.nce. The fowl should be kept in a 

 dark place and fed small ijuantities of foo'd and al- 

 lowed j)k'nty of fresh air until it is recovered. Cloudi- 

 ness of the frt nt of the eye — the cornea — may be 

 treated by dustiufjf a small (luantity of calomel over the 

 surface and repeiitiuu the application once daily as 

 lon<,' as necessary. 



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