112 HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 



SPECIFIC OPHTHALMIA. 



This is commonly known as moon blindness , 

 the attack is sudden, the eye becomes watery and 

 exceedingly tender, the lining of the eyelid is 

 very red, and the eye itself is cloudy or white in 

 appearance. The treatment consists in opening 

 the bowels well with the purgative ball recom- 

 mended in Amaurosis, and to bathe the eye with 

 the following wash. 



R. Tincture of Opium, 1 ounce. 

 Rainwater. 1 pint. 



Mix both together. 



This disease being of a specific character, its 

 termination is sooner or later confirmed blindness; 

 though the animal may have a number of attacks 

 previous to its final termination. 



CATARACT. 



This is one of the terminations of specific oph- 

 thalmia It is a breaking up of the crystalline lens 

 of the eye, situated immediately behind the pupil 

 When diseased it presents one or more white spots, 

 which gradually blend together until the whole 

 lens is involved. There is no cure : operations 

 only partially rAi«;tore the sight, causing the animal 

 to become a shyer, which is certainly more 

 dangerous than blindness. 



DISTEMPER. 



This term is used by horsemen to denote all 

 of catarrhal afifections. A common cold, 



