DISEASES OF THE EYES. 107 



Recipe — A Poultice for the Eyes, and Method of Application. 



two ounces of elder ointment ; stir all to- 

 gether, and apply it new-milk warm. 



Or, if the following poultice be applied to the 

 inflamed eye, it will be found more gentle, and I 

 have no doubt will suit much better than the 

 above. 



(RECIPE, No. 70.) 



Take — White bread crirrabs, and old milk : boil them 

 together into a proper consistency lor a 

 poultice : then add of the above campho- 

 rated spermaceti ointment, two ounces. 

 Mix, and apply it on the part affected new- 

 milk warm. 



Either of these poultices must be spread on 

 thin leather, or strong linen cloth, and laid on the 

 part affected. If the symptoms do not abate in 

 three or four days time, recourse must be had to 

 bleeding and purging. In every stage of this dis- 

 order the horse must have warm water and 



