"hooks," or inflammatiot^ of the haw. 145 



Whenever the horse's eye becomes inflamed, or irritated 

 and tender, from any cause, the light, or even the wind, will 

 hurt it, and then the peculiar muscle, before described, con- 

 tracts a little and holds the eye back, pressing the fat, and 

 causing the haw to project out a little distance. Or the haw 

 itself may become inflamed, and become thicker and larger, 

 of course, than natural, and by this means made to project a 

 little. This irritation of the haw is, in many cases, only tem- 

 porary, being the result of sympathy with other parts of the 

 eye in a state of irritation. 



Treatment. — If the protruding of the haw is caused by any 

 other disease of the eye, or by any disease that makes light 

 painful to it, causing' it to be drawn back, the proper treat- 

 ment for that disease should be applied, and when it is cured, 

 the haw will get well and return to its proper place. If the 

 haw itself is inflamed, the horse should be bled three or four- 

 quarts, and a cooling physic given. Apply the following 

 lotion to the eye : 



Take— Sugar of lead 2 drams. 



Rain-water \ pint 



Dissolve the sugar of lead in the water. 



Apply this to the eye as a lotion, or wash, three times &. 

 day, with a clean piece of muslin. 



Sometimes the following will do better: 



Take— White vitriol (sulphate of zinc) ^ dram. 



Rain-water . 1 pint. 



Mix and dissolve. Use the same as the preceding one. 



There is no necessity of ever cutting out the haw, unless it 

 should ulcerate, Avhich very seldom happens; and even then,, 

 by proper treatment, the ulcer may be cured without an 

 operation. 



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