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immediately from cold, you perceive a vifible 

 inflammation upon the globe of the eye, and 

 internal furrounding parts, as the edges of the 

 eye-lids, &c. The eye feems diverted of its 

 former tranfparency, bearing a thick cloudy 

 appearance upon its outer covering, and is con- 

 flantly difcharging an acrid ferum or (l:iarp 

 water that in a fhort time almoft excoriates 

 the parts in its pafTage. The horfe drops his 

 ears, becomes dull and fluggi(h, is frequently 

 fliaking his head, as if to j[l)ake ofF the ears, 

 becomes low and depreffed, difplaying, in every 

 adion, pain and difquictude. 



Here a revulfion of the perfpirable matter 

 has by fome obftrudlion (either partial or uni- 

 verfal) been thrown upon thefe parts, to the 

 efFeds of which they become more liable from 

 their extreme delicacy and confequent irrita- 

 bility. To remove which bleeding (in proper 

 proportion) muft precede every other coniide- 

 ration; to this fucceeds a fpeedy adoption of, 

 and perfeverance in, the methods direded, 

 p. 198, with Qccafional references to p. 243, and 

 the following pages for inflrudions, fliould 

 fymptomatic fever attend. To cool the 



parts 



