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•^ • horse. It is slow in its action, but enters more readily into 

 the blood, and extends its efiects to the capillaries and skin 

 more thoroughly than any other remedy that we ever used. 

 The flour of sulphur, although not so strong as the roll 

 sulphur, is much more convenient for the farmer's purposes, 

 as it is already pulverized. Give three doses, every other 

 day, for a week — one-fourth of a pound at a dose — and then 

 omit for a week. Continue giving it in this way, each al- 

 ternate week, for two months. The preparation mentioned 

 in Section VII, of Chapter XXIV, will also be found an 

 excellent alterative. 



If in winter, let the horse have plenty of green food, such 

 as carrots, beets, or cabbage, as long as it can be procured. 

 His diet should always be light and moist, with an entire 

 exclusion of corn. 



If there is an inflammation in the eye or about the lids, 

 use the eye-wash freely. Should the lids be much inflamed 

 underneath, scarify them a little. Put a twitch on the horse's 

 nose to hold him still ; then turn the lids over, so as to ex- 

 pose their inner surface, and, with the point of a sharp knife, 

 make a number of slight incisions. Let them bleed freely. 

 This will allow the overloaded vessels to discharge them- 

 selves, and will thus aflford great relief. If necessary, the 

 operation may be repeated two or three times, at intervals 

 of four or five days. 



f SORE EYELIDS. 



Soreness of the eyelids is very commonly the beginning 

 of more serious disease. It is an invariable accompaniment 

 of inflammation of the eye. But there is one form of it, dif- 

 fering from its usual development from that cause, chara-c- 

 terized by redness and itching about the edges, which some- 

 times become raw and mattery. These cases usually prove 

 very obstinate and difficult of treatment, from the fact that 

 the horse is always rubbing "them, and so keeping up the 

 irritation and soreness. 



