^38 EXERCISE. 



tention of utility. The eyes (one more paf-- 

 ticularly) had been feme months in a ftate 

 of fliilure and fluctuation, alternately pro- 

 ducing hope and defpair; when, after un- 

 dergoing every experiment at home without 

 even a probability ot fuccefs, he was con- 

 jfigned to my infpeftion, with a defire that I 

 would be very minute in my inftrudions, 

 which fhould be implicitly obeyed. Upon 

 examination, I difcovered the defedl to have 

 taken its feat in the humours of the eye, 

 with no external inflammation attending, nor 

 any other predominant trait than a dull cloudy 

 afped: of the entire orb ; difplaying a pearly 

 tint upon the outer edge of the cornea, 

 furrounded by the tunica fclerotis, indicating 

 the great probability of film and opacity^ 

 conftituting in its gradual termination total 

 blmdnefs. 



This horfe, I found upon inquiry, had 

 been treated in a way nearly fimilar to 

 what we have juft defcribed ; for, having 

 h^^n repeatedly bled and purgedy he had 

 been fubiiited upon hot majhes, and fur- 

 niflied w^ith Jom- ounces ofi nitre a day in 



his 



