350 DISEASES OF DOGS : THE EYES. 



and he should not be exercised till his eyes are 

 better. If these precautions are not attended to, 

 the symptoms will be aggravated, and a speck or 

 opacity will be more liable to take place. 



If the inflammation should leave a speck or 

 opacity of the cornea, it may be removed by blow- 

 ing gently a little of the following powders, through 

 a quill, upon the effected part once or twice a day. 



(RECIPE, No. 4.1.) 



Take — Sal ammoniac, two scruples ; 

 Tutty, two scruples ; 

 Calomel, one scruple : 



Powder the sal ammoniac and tutty, and pass 

 them through a fine sieve, then mix all to- 

 gether, and keep in a bottle for use. 



There are diseased affections of the interior 

 parts of the eyes. One of these diseases consists 

 in an opacity of the crystalline humour, which de- 

 prives the dog of sight. The other is owing to an 

 augmented growth of the internal humour, which 

 increases very much the ball of the eye, and looks 

 very conspicious ; there is also in these instances 

 an opacity of the cornea. Both these affections of 

 the eyes are incural)le. 



Inflammation of the Eyes from Distemper. — 

 The eyes are always, in general, more or less in- 



