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celerate its action downwards. When tlie effects of the salt, 

 &c., have ceased, give the dog fifteen drops of laudanum. 



BLINDNESS. 



During the time that dogs are afflicted with the distem- 

 per, they are sometimes subject to diseases of the ejes ; the 

 most frequent of which is an abscess in the transparent 

 cornea, which, on its first appearance, is of a blue tinge ; in 

 some instances there is a darkness of the part affected, in 

 the middle of which a speck is visible, which gradually as- 

 sumes the form of an abscess. This suppurates, leaving an 

 ulcer, which not unfrequently extends over the entire pupil, 

 often entirely preventing the animal from distinguishing ob- 

 jects, and having such an appearance, that no hope of re- 

 covery can be entertained. But, however intense the affec- 

 tion may be, whenever the distemper ceases, the ulcer dries 

 up, and the animal gradually acquires its wonted vision^ 

 Let the eye be washed with the following, twice or thrice a 

 day :— 



White vitriol . . 8 grains, 



Burnt alum, powdered . 10 grains. 



Litharge ... 1 drachm, 



Distilled water . . 3 ounces, 



The same wash may be used for other complaints of the eye. 



