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are commonly inscrtecUii;, or near, the cheek, they always leave a small 

 visible scar, but this objection does not apply to the use of Rowels, 

 as they may be inserted under the hollow of the jaw. Gentle exer- 

 cise should be had recourse to, for the space of two hours daily, 

 divided into two or three portions ; and in the summer time, exercise 

 in a shady situation, will be attended with the greatest advantage. 



When the violence of the inflammation has abated, there willbe 

 use in turning out the Horse, for two or three hours every day, to 

 grass ; for there can be no question, that the disadvantage of holding 

 down his head to graze, will be more than counterbalanced to the 

 animal, by the good which will, result from the effects of the green 

 food upon the Bowels, and, more especially by the application of 

 the cool fresh air to the eye. And for this reason it is, that it be- 

 comes next to impossible, to ventilate stables where Horses are 

 crowded together, so thoroughly, as to render the atmosphere 

 sufficiently cool and pure, to be applied to the inflamed eye ; on 

 account of thejmmense quantity of volatile Alkali, which is con- 

 stantly floating in them, arising, from the putrefactive fermentation 

 of the Litter, when mixed with the urine and fcBces. 



But, as 1 have more fully explained myself on this important parti- 

 cular, under the article of Air,, it is unnecessary for me to enlarge 

 upon it in this place. The mode of treatment which I have detailed, 

 will most commonly be found effectual in all cases of inflammation of 

 the Eyes of Horses, which have been brought on by any external 

 mechanical cause, and is in fact all that can be done, even where hot 

 and foul air has produced the disease, by slow and imperceptible de- 

 grees. But, in the latter case, though the eye will look clear for a 

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