494 ^N DISEASES OF THE EYES. 



Prevloiifly to entering upon the method of j 

 cure, I have a few remarks to make upon an 

 article of prime confideration, as a remedy in 

 this cafe, which has been introduced hnce the 

 days of Gibfon (a fohtary inftance of addition, 

 I believe) I mean Goulard's Exrracl of Saturn, 

 a preparation now more commonly ufed in 

 veterinary pra^icc, than the fu^^ar, or fait of 

 lead. I have reafon to know, from frequent 

 experience, that this mod potent and effica- 

 cious repellent and bracer, is made much too 

 free with, both to the eyes ■ and tendons of 

 horfes, whence are induced violent irritation, 

 inflammation, and a greneral effetl totally con- 

 trary to th.at intended. Mr. Taplin, who is in 

 mod cafes a cautious prefcriber, has yet not 

 only erred, according to my obfervation, in 

 aflerting that the fpecific in queflion is more 

 commonly too much diluted, but in the want 

 of fufficiently diluting it in his own prefcrip- 

 tions. He advifes (p. 89, Stable Direftory) no 

 lefs a quantity than two ounces Goulard's Ex- 

 tract:, with the fame quantity of fpirits, and 

 four ounces opodeldoc, without the leaft dilu- 

 tion, to be rubbed twnce a day into a horfe's 

 leer ; an application, I fliould conceive, not 

 merely probable to difippoint and interfere with 

 the intentipn, but to be attended, if perfifled in, 

 with all thofe dangerous confequences ufually 



refulting 



