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out the strong light of the sun. But darkness, however desirable ia 

 such cases, is certainly not \TOrth purchasing", at the expence of 

 cool pure air. 



As soon as the violence of the symptoms begins to abate, and the 

 Horse opens his eye pretty freely, the eye-water. No. 1, may be ap- 

 plied three or four times a day upon the corner of a soft sponge, or 

 a little of it may be injected into the eye, night and morning, taking; 

 especial care, not to \yound the eye with the point of the syringe. 



But if the inflammation of the inner coat, called the Retina, be ex- 

 tremely violent, which is best known by the animal's keeping the eye 

 constantly closed, even in a cool and shady situation ; the bleeding 

 at the neck- vein, the scarification of the eyelids, and the physic, 

 must be repeated at the end of five or six days. 



■Each cheek may then be blistered to the extent of more than half 

 the size of the palm of the hand ; a mode of setting up external 

 inflammation, which I consider far preferable to the insertion of 

 Rowels or Setons, in the neighbourhood of the diseased organ. 

 For whilst the practice must be allowed to be, at any rate, mo're 

 cleanly, and free from the Foetor arising from Rowels and Setohs^ 

 it^ppears to me, to be attended with effects equally beneficial.—^ 

 More especially, ais th6 Blistering may be repeated from time to time, 

 as soon as the scab falls off from the skin, without any fear of ble- 

 mishing the cheek ; provided only, that judicious materials be used 

 for the blister, and that the precaution of tying up the Horse's head 

 for three or four hours be taken, in order to prevent his rubbing his 

 cheek, during the irritation of the blister. But there may be ad- 

 vantage, certainly, from having recourse to RoWcls and Selons in 

 v^ry bad cases, at the same time that Blisters are applfed — As Setons 



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