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day seems to keep the trouble in check to a certain extent. During winter 

 and spring the animal is up on the bit at all times, but while still keep- 

 ing in good order, becomes lazy as soon as the eyes begin to* run. 



Moon blindness is incurable, but as you have not given sufficient 

 symptoms to make a positive diagnosis of this trouble, try the follow- 

 ing treatment: 1 ounce of 1 per cent atropin solution, 1 ounce 1 per 

 cent eserine solution. Place a few drops of one of these in the eye 

 once a day and the following day use the other, alternating the solu- 

 tions daily. Also place a piece the size of a pea of the following 

 ointment in the eye twice a day and rub in: 1 ounce 2 per cent yellow 

 oxide of mercury ointment. 



Moon-Blindness of Horse. 



/ have a horse that goes blind every year in the spring. This spring 

 he has gone blind twice. For a few weeks he goes entirely blind the 

 pupil turns white. Can anything be done to keep him from going 

 entirely blind? 



Your horse has moon blindness or periodic ophthalmia, which is 

 incurable and in most cases produces blindness. A remedy which is 

 of some benefit consists of a fifty per cent solution of argyrol. Place 

 a few drops of this in the eye several times a day during the attacks. 



Inflammation of Joint. 



After traveling seven or eight miles, my horse goes lame in the right 

 hind leg. When she stops she holds the foot up as though tired 

 or it aches. I can find no pebbles, bruises or other causes. I can't find 

 just where the trouble lies. 



Your horse has gonitis or inflammation of a joint. Without an 

 examination it is impossible to state what joint; you will have to de- 

 termine this for yourself or employ a veterinarian to do it. To the 

 affected joint apply tincture of iodine once daily for several weeks and 

 give animal a re'st while doing this. 



Founder. 



My mare has become very stiff in the shoulders. She is thin and. 

 looks twice her age. When standing she seems to be in pain and is 

 continually shifting her weight from one forefoot to the other. She 

 stands with her forelegs slanting from her body and her breast deeply 

 sunken. 



The mare has been foundered. She should be kept standing in a 

 mud hole or running stream five or six hours daily and given a heaping 

 tablespoon of saltpeter three times daily, in a bran mash. The disease 

 is caused from indigestion. Her teeth should be filed and a good 

 stomachic administered twice daily. A qualified veterinarian should 

 be consulted, as founder of several days' standing witho.ut treatment 

 may result in incurable chronic founder. 



