110 MOON ETES, 



Symptoms of Moon Eyes. 



CHAP. XXI. 



MOON EYES. 



This disease makes its appearance when the 

 horse is about five or six years old, or at the time 

 when he comes to a state of maturity, or full 

 growth, and returns periodically. It first makes 

 its appearance with a dim cloud over the eye, the 

 eyelids are much swollen and inflamed, and in ge- 

 neral shut; a sharp, corrosive, and watery hu- 

 mour constantly running from it, which scalds the 

 cheek, and takes off the hair as far as it goes ; the 

 haw nearly covers one-half of the surface of the 

 eye. 



A cataract is an obstruction of the pupil, or the 

 interposition of some opaque substance, either 

 diminishing, or totally extinguishing the sight. As 

 this disease of the eye is, for the most part, the vc- 



