504 SPECIFIC OR PERIODICAL OPHTHALMIA. 



of a soothing and supporting description, therefore give 

 night and morning, during the violence of the attack, the 

 following drink : — 



Sulphuric ether one ounce. 



Laudanum one ounce. 



Powdered colchicum half an ounce. 



Stout one quart. 



Should the inflammation run very high, the superior 

 branch of the angular or facial, called the eye vein, may 

 be opened, and the horse have some food, to which he is 

 partial, given him to eat off the ground. If the animal 

 refuses to feed, the opening made with the lancet may be 

 bathed with warm water ; and even by this last process, no 

 inconsiderable quantity of blood may be abstracted, yet oc- 

 casionally the blood refuses to flow. In that case, open 

 the opposite vein ; and after this last has lost a small quan- 

 tity, the original will generally pour forth freely. 



This is every thing that should be done ; and when the 

 horse recovers he will be fit for service, without a long rest, 

 and an expensive course of tonics. To perfect the cure, 

 however, and to prevent a recurrence of the disorder, mind 

 and have your stable's drains overlooked : do this, even 

 though your nose can detect nothing. The most unhealthy 

 gases are not always those which smell the worst. This 

 being accomplished, next attend to the ventilation. See 

 that the roof of the stable be, at least, nine feet high. That 

 the air may be sweet it should never exceed 52° degrees of 

 warmth in winter, and 65° in summer. Should the tem- 

 perature of the atmosphere be higher than the figures re- 

 corded, throw every door and window in the place wide 

 open, and let them remain thus till the heat declines to the 

 required standard. 



Place a pail of water in the horse's manger, so that he 

 may drink when he pleases. Observe that the water be 

 repeatedly changed, and not the quantity merely filled 

 up, a portion of the stagnant fluid remaining each time. 

 Good water is as necessary for horses as for Christians. It 

 is true, these animals will generally endeavour to drink 

 at every dirty puddle they cross ; but this does not prove 

 that dirty water is good for horses, any more than it is 

 established that green gooseberries are good for children, 

 because little boys and girls are fond of eating them, Man, 



