44 DADD'S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



fetida may be given every morning, and in the evening, oue ounce 

 of the fluid extract of sassafras. So soon as the animal regains 

 nis natural vision, the medicine may be discontinued. 



Foreign Bodies within the Eyelids. 



When foreign bodies, such as small particles of hay or dirt, get 

 within the eyelids, they create great pain and uneasiness, and if 

 allowed to remain there, produce a very grave form of disease, 

 often ending in disorganization and total blindness. Should any 

 thing of the kind be discovered, it may be removed by raising 

 the upper or depressing the lower lids ; then introduce and ex- 

 plore the eyeball by means of a camel's hair pencil, to which the 

 foreign body will usually adhere, when it is easily brought away. 

 The parts should then be sponged with lukewarm water. After 

 the lapse of a few hours, should the membranes of the eye and 

 lids appear much reddened, use the following : 



No. 1. Rose water 4 oz. 



Fluid extract of gelseminum 2 dr. 



Put the patient on a diet of sloppy bran mash, and place him 

 where the rays of sunlight shall not affect the eye. 



Films or Specks on the Eye, known as Opacity 



of the Cornea. 



Opacity of the cornea sometimes results from injuries; at others 

 they are symptomatic, and accompany other diseases. They are 

 of very common occurrence in the various stages of influenza and 

 other catarrhal affections, and sometimes a distinct speck will 

 remain long after the disease which gave rise to it has disappeared. 

 The author remembers many cases in which the sight has been 

 completely destroyed by using substances of a corrosive or stimu- 

 lating character. The proper mode of treatment is to bathe the 

 eye occasionally with a portion of the following lotion: 



No. 2 Fluid extract of bloodroot 1 oz. 



Water 8 oz. 



Mix. 



Give the patient one ounce, morning and evening, of fluid 



extract of phytolacca decandra (poke-root). This acts as an 



alterative, and will expedite the cure. 



