DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 183 



INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. 



Symptoms. — A watery discharge from the eye, eyelids 

 partly closed, membrane of lid on under side much red- 

 dened. 



In ordinary cases all that is necessary to do is to keep 

 the horse quiet and bathe the eye with cold water. Either 

 of the following will be found good : 



Laudanum, i oz.; rain water, i pint. Mix. Or, acetate 

 of lead, I dram; sulphate of zinc, ^ dram; rain water, 3 

 pints. Mix for use. 



Either of the above may be applied with a soft sponge 

 two or three times a day. 



Give on the tongue, three or four times a day, three or 

 four drops of belladonna. 



More thorough treatment would be a seaton below the 

 eye, which of itself, will soon, in most cases, effect a cure. 



The following is perhaps one of the very best eye washes 

 used. It is a favorite remedy of great value. I insert it as 

 given me. 



EYE WASH. 



Take three hen's eggs and break them into a quart of 

 clear cold rain water; stir until a thorough mixture is ef- 

 fected ; boil over a slow fire, stirring every few minutes ; 

 add half an ounce of sulphate of zinc, (white vitriol;) con- 

 tinue the boiling a short time, and the compound is ready 

 for use. In this preparation a solid substance, or curd, is 

 precipitated or thrown down, and a liquid solution rests 

 upon the top. This is the best wash for sore eyes of either 

 man or beast that was ever made. The curd applied to the 

 inflamed eye at night will draw the fever and soreness 

 nearly all out by morning. After two or three days the 

 water should be strained from the curd, and put into a 

 bottle for future use. This eye wash is invaluable. When 

 applied to the human eye it should be diluted. 



A gentleman who had a copy of my old edition, having 

 this remedy in it, informed me that he was offered ^10 for 

 the book on account of the value of this receipt, having 

 used it in his neighborhood with great success, and that he 

 would not sell it at any price. 



