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AT were much to be wished that the diseases to which the eye of 

 the Horse is subject, were as much under the controul of our art, as 

 some of those of the feet ; but when we look at the number of 

 blind Horses, and compare them with those that are permanently 

 l^me, the difference will be very manifest. And though this great 

 disproportion may, in part, be accounted for, by the fact of blind 

 Horses being frequently used, under a variety of circumstances which 

 pfeciude the working of those that are lame, yet will the difference 

 after all, be sufficiently striking. It must be admitted, that there 

 seems to be a greater disposition to disease in the Horse's eye, than 

 that of any other animal which we domesticate,^ — yet, as the Horse is 

 treated in a manner far more artificial, (I should be warranted in 

 saying more preposterously,) than most other animals, we ought not 

 to wonder at meeting more frequent instances of disease in the eyes, 

 particularly, when the extreme delicacy of structure in that organ is 

 considered. — It is, however, of considerable importance, to discrimi- 

 nate between those complaints of the eyes, which are produced by 

 dust, straws, insects, blows, or any external mechanical cause, and 



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