252 SOUNDNESS AND UNSOUNDNESS 



Crystalline lens, Capsule of lens, Iris, Pupillary 

 opening, Corpora nigra, Ciliary ligament, Hyaloid 

 membrane. Optic nerve, Arteries, and Veins. 



The question how far the scientific aspect of 

 the case should be followed here is a moot point, 

 depending largely on the type of reader of this 

 book. Supposing a scientific amateur, I refer him 

 to " Horses and Stables," by Lieut. -General Sir 

 F. Fitzwygram, Bart., and published by Long- 

 mans & Co., or to " The Horse in the Stable 

 and the Field "(" Stonehenge" — Routledge and 

 Sons). Better read both, and then, if his scientific 

 ardour remains unquenched, let him read " Ana- 

 tomical Outlines of the Horse," by M'Bride and 

 Mayer (Longmans, Green & Co.). If he is not 

 satisfied with book-gleaned knowledge, let him 

 accompany several vets, who have a large practice 

 in town and others in the country, and see cases 

 of all descriptions. As a finishing touch, let him 

 study in a similar manner under an oculist with 

 a large and varied practice, and then, and not 

 till then, will he be able to pass a horse's eye- 

 sight with confidence. But he will have spent 

 far more in acquiring this knowledge than he 

 would have saved had he employed a good vet 

 to tell him, for a guinea, that a horse is sound or 

 unsound which he thinks of purchasing. 



Closed eyes, intolerance to light, are natural 

 symptoms of inflammation, caused no matter 

 how, especially when they are accompanied by 

 profuse tears. 



A somewhat old-fashioned work — yet a very 

 practical one, and by no means out of date, owing 



