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during treatment : broths, and bread and milk well boiled. 



1 would, however, recommend, in cases of such a serious 

 nature, counsel from a skilled veterinary surgeon, or, if 

 there is not one handy, have recourse to the remedies as 

 advertised by Spratt's Patent, which I have heard highly 

 recommended. 



Sore eyes are sometimes troublesome, and a capital 

 lotion used night and morning is cold tea, made fairly 

 strong, of course without milk and sugar. Zinc lotion, 

 as obtained from the neighbouring chemist, may be found 

 useful. An excellent eyewash is as follows : — Sulphate of 

 .zinc, 10 grains; laudanum, 30 drops; rose water, 3 ounces. 

 Sometimes an ordinary running or watering of the eyes 

 will be relieved by fomenting them night and morning 

 with lukewarm milk and water. In more serious cases, 

 when fears are entertained as to loss of sight from acci- 

 dent or other causes, special advice must be sought. In 

 no case of sore eyes attempt to relieve them without 

 •careful examination to see whether any little piece of 

 grit or other foreign substance is present. This must, of 

 course, be removed. 



Sore feet are occasionally troublesome, usually taking 

 the form of u gatherings," or eruptions, between the toes. 

 If there are inflammatory symptoms, bread and bran poul- 

 tices must be used. When the inflammation has subsided, 

 the sores may be dressed with zinc, or any other healing, 

 ointment. An excellent lotion, to be applied by means of 

 a sponge or soft rag, is made as follows : — Extract of lead, 



2 drachms; tincture of arnica, \\ drachms; water, 1 pint. 

 Use repeatedly. Until the sores are quite healed, allow as 

 little exercise as possible, do not feed too freely, and a 

 cooling aperient will be found useful. 



