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to examine and see if he has these teeth, if so, pull them 

 out; for there will be no harm done, if this be not the 

 cause. 



Cure, — For hooks, if the cause does not proceed from 

 the teeth, it only requires a strict adherence to the rules 

 given above for film; applying mullen oil occasionally 

 to the eye. A very soothing and beneficial wash for 

 the eye is made by ciixing honey and rose water; or if 

 there is much inflammation of the eye or surrounding 

 parts, anoint about the eye and temples w^ith an ointment 

 made by simmering the blue flag root in lard. The use 

 of the lard, or these oils, supplies the deficiency of the 

 natural fluid, or oil of the eye, and thus assists nature in 

 restoring the organ to health, and in removing the film; 

 which accounts for the beneficial effects of those articles. 



A blind horse (or one partially so) in both eyes, by 

 any defect or disease coming on, will usually keep his 

 ears in constant and rapid motion; and on being led from 

 the stable into a stronger light, he will raise his head 

 and squint alternately; which denotes weakness or dis- 

 ease of the eye. And if entirely blind, or nearly so, he 

 will lift his feet high, as though he was going to step 

 over something, when really there is nothing to obstruct 

 his passage, and there will be an evident uncertainty 

 where he is going to put his feet down. But when the 

 blindness is confined to one eye alone, there is little or 

 nothing of this characteristic gait to be perceived. And 

 the loss of one eye only, does not materially injure him 

 for ordinary business. 



In cases of confirmed film or cataract of the eye, there 



have been various remedies employed for their removal, 



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