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better understand the irreparable mischief they do the horse 

 in " cutting for the hooks." It is altogether unnecessary. 

 Time and a little generous treatment, such as tends to re- 

 move inflammation, will invariably set matters right again. 



TREATMENT. 



Occasionally it may be necessary to cauterize the haw, but 

 this will only occur in extreme cases, where the inflammation 

 and swelling are very great. The eye-wash, applied two or 

 three times a day, will generally prove sufficient. There 

 should be warm applications of this to the fatty lump, by 

 using a soft piece of cloth, or some cotton, tied on the end 

 of a stick. Pull the lids apart, and wash the swollen and 

 inflamed parts thoroughly. If the lacrymal ducts appear to 

 be closed, apply the eye-wash to the nose, with a swab of 

 the same kind as that described in connection with the 

 treatment of blind staggers. Slight scarification may do 

 good, in order to relieve the overloaded blood-vessels; but 

 do not think of using the knife for any other purpose. Bleed 

 from the neck vein once or twice, at intervals of ten days. 

 A gallon of blood may be taken the first time, and half that 

 amount the next. 



By this treatment, the inflammation will be removed, and 

 the swelling will gradually subside. Some morning, when 

 the owner goes out to look at his diseased horse, the hooks 

 will be missing; bone hooks and fat hooks will have utterly 

 vanished, and the haw will have become so reduced in size 

 as to resume its proper place in the cosy little socket which 

 the God of iN'ature has provided for it at the corner of 

 the eye. 



DIMNESS OF VISION. 



Many horses can not see well, although their eyes have no 

 apparent disease. Some are almost blind at night; others 

 have their chief trouble in the daytime, the bright sunshine 

 seeming to put the eyes almost out. The cause of this may 

 generally be determined without much difficulty; the eyes 



