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a blind mare, are said to be more liable to it than others ; yet 

 all horses, if pent up in hot stables, fed high, and not 

 sufficiently exercised, are liable to disease of the eye. Some- 

 times a general derangement of the system, brought on by 

 violent and excessive exertion, will terminate in a disease of 

 the eye, or its membranes ; also by standing still in cold wind or 

 rain when the animal has been heated, and is sweating ; or 

 sluicing him with cold water, which is very much in fashion, 

 since the Cochituate was introduced in this city. If wa- 

 ter is used to cleanse the horse, he should be rubbed per- 

 fectly dry, and the reactive powers provoked by friction with 

 the brush. 



Cure. — It is of the utmost importance to remove the 

 cause, if possible : next adopt that system of management, 

 with respect to feeding, exercise, grooming, and ventilation, 

 laid down in this work. If the disease is hereditary, then 

 the most scientific treatment, to say the most of it, is only 

 palliative. The best lotion for the eye is an infusion of 

 camomiles, or a mixture of one tablespoonful of vinegar to 

 a pint of water, used occasionally with a clean sponge and 

 a light hand. The horse should be kept on a light diet of 

 scalded shorts ; darken the stable, and give the animal proper 

 attention until the disease is subdued. 



ANATOMY 



OF THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



The vulva, or pudendum, is the slit commencing below the 

 anus, and extending downward, forming a fissure. This 

 fissure is longest and most conspicuous in breeding mares. 

 The space between the anus and vulva is called the perineum. 

 The prominences on each side of the vulva are called the 

 labia pudendi. They owe their bulk principally to fatty 

 substance. 



