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building, and house them at a distance. Appoint one 

 man to attend upon the sick, who must not go near any 

 other. His clothes should be regularly disinfected, if 

 possible, by being washed in water containing soap and 

 " Sanitas " oil. The latter should be also freely used 

 about the patient and the building. Those who have 

 assisted at the delivery of the mare must also disinfect 

 themselves, and all instruments, ropes, &c., are to come 

 in for a share in the purifying process. Bury deeply 

 all the discharges, membranes, dead offspring, carcass 

 of the mother, &c. ; but the only safe practice is to burn 

 them. 



For details of procedure during parturition in the mare, 

 see the Author's larger treatise, " Every Man his own 

 Horse Doctor," pp. 445 to 520. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



DISEASES OF THE EYES AND THEIR 

 APPENDAGES. 



Conjunctivitis Specific Ophthalmia Cataract Staphyloma Glaucoma 

 Amaurosis Strabismus, or Squinting Ectropium Entropium Lacera- 

 tion of the Eyelids Warts Fungus H?ematodes. 



CONJUNCTIVITIS Simple Ophthalmia. This is the 

 medical term denoting inflammation of the investing 

 membrane of the eyeball, resulting usually from blows, 

 effects of cold, intrusion of grit, oatfliers, &c., &c., and 

 attended with constitutional disturbance. Injuries gener- 

 ally affect one eye, but cold may seize both. The eyelids 

 are closed, tears ooze from between them, and the animal 

 resists an examination. The eye when seen presents a 

 bluish -grey colour diffused over the surface, and this 

 effectually obstructs vision. The membrane lining the 



