OPHTHALMIA, IXFAMMATION OF THE EYE. 75 



Ophthalmia, Inflammation of the 

 Eye. 



There are in the horse two well marked forms of 

 Sore or Inflamed Eyes. ACUTE OPHTHALMIA and 

 PERIODIC or MOON BLINDNESS Acute inflamma- 

 tion occurs usually in consequence of some irritating 

 substance, hay-seed, dust, etc., having got into the 

 eye, or from overheating, heated food, or from 

 hereditary predisposition. 



SYMPTONS. It comes on with heat and uneasi- 

 ness, the animal keeps the eye closed, or dreads the 

 light, the eye-ball and inside of the lid look red, and 

 the ball is protruded and the eye secretes a quantity 

 of water which runs down ' on the cheek, or of 

 humour, which becomes purulent, and glues the lids 

 together. The cornea is dim and whitish, or cov- 

 ered with a scum, the haw is swollen and red. 



TREATMENT. Examine the eye for dirt, hay-seed, 

 hair, or other substances, and if found, carefully re- 

 move them. They are more frequently under the 

 upper lid, which may be turned inside out over the 

 point of the finger, by taking the lashes between the 

 finger and thumb, and turning the lid upward. The 

 eye should be bathed with the MARVEL, diluted one- 

 half with water, or if this be not at hand, make 

 a lotion, by putting four or five drops of the Specific 

 for INFLAMMATION, A A, in a half pint of pure, soYt 

 water, and the eye should be bathed with this two or 

 three times per day, so long as the heat and swelling 

 exist Give at the same time, in recent cases, fifteen 

 drops of the FEVER SPECIFIC, A A, four times per day 



