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splinter or any object imbeded in the coats 

 of the eye the surgeon of course will choose 

 or invent such an instrument as may be best 

 adapted to the nature of the case before him. On 

 the other hand should the inflammation present 

 be the result of external violence and no irri- 

 tative lodgement in the eye, the remedies must be 

 of a cooling, palliative, or constitutional nature. 

 Let the horse be kept in a dry comfortable stable, 

 free from passing currents and not subject to too 

 bright a light, and his eye, or eyes, kept well and 

 often wet with preparation of sugar of lead, 1 

 drachm, or sulphate of zinc, with addition of 10 

 grains morphia to 1 pint water, and keep the 

 bowels well open with Glauber's salt or Aloes, 

 giving frequent injections of warm water andcast- 

 ile soap, If the stable should be sufficiently light 

 to affect returning sensibility of optic nerve, it 

 must be darkened or eye shielded by adequate 

 shade of dark green silK prepared in form of a 

 pad. Perseverance in the above treatment with 

 strict quietude and lightvdiet, such as bran mash, 

 carrots, pumpkins and potatoes is usually all 

 sufficient to obviate all ordinary cases of inflam- 

 mation of the eyes to which I will add as a natur- 

 al beneficial remedy if available in warm weather, 

 turn out during the night to grass by himself so 

 that he may not be overheated through the chase- 

 ing of horses which is often the case when in 

 company. 



PEEIODIO OPHTHALMIA, OR MOON BLINDNESS. 



In passing over the gulf between simple 

 inflammation (or ophthalmia) to periodic oph- 

 thalmia, or moon-blindness, we pass by various 

 accidents (as we will style them) rather than 

 diseases, denominated under the following heads, 



