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angular vein at the inner corner of the eye is a practice 

 some employ. Scarifying the eyehd may be performed ; 

 setons are placed in the cheek. Some resort to the 

 following remedies : — 



Blue Pill - - - - 12 drachms. 



Opimn - - - - 2 drachms. 



Linseed Meal - - - 1 ounce. 



This is made into a mass with soap, and then divided 



into six balls, one of which is to be given every second 



morning, fasting. 



Or, 



Sulphate of Copper - - 12 drachms. 



Or, 



Sulphate of Iron - - 12 drachms. 



Take which is preferred or easiest of access, and mix 

 the quantity with linseed meal and soap, and use one 

 ball every day. 



Use whatever is direct, or recommended by any 

 practitioner. " One thing is certain," as a modern 

 author expresses it, " the disease ebbs and flows, re- 

 treats and attacks, until it reaches its natural termina- 

 tion, bUndness of one or both eyes." This, however, 

 is only in reference to the true and severe attack of 

 that dreadful inflammation. Specific Opthalmia. 



Mr. Coleman says, this disease of the eye of the 

 horse is an inflammation of a specific nature, totally 

 differing from any that occurs in any other animal. 

 One of the reasons why it is supposed to aflect the 

 constitution is, that horses afflicted with this inflamma- 

 tion of the eye, are either totally free from perspiration,. 

 or they sweat profusely, indicating a slow fever. 



