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The disease can not be aborted, but its severity may be 

 mitigated and complications may be prevented. 



The dangers are that adjacent structures may take on 

 an inflammatory condition, and that abscesses and slough- 

 ing, or loss of structure, may result. Ulcers of the cornea 

 are common after this disease. 



Cleanliness, in the medical or surgical sense, can not 

 be too much insisted on in all such diseases i. e., all dis- 

 charge must be frequently removed. 



This had better be done without actual contact of the 

 hand as much as possible, as the eyelids are extremely 

 tender. 



Warm water may be allowed to trickle from a sponge 

 into the eyes, or, better, from a piece of cotton or lint, 

 which, if brought in contact with the eyes at all, should be 

 frequently renewed. The water should be as warm as can 

 be borne comfortably. In the intervals a hot fomentation, 

 medicated with belladonna if the pain be severe, may be 

 laid over the eyes, but not long enough to retain much 

 secretion before washing is resorted to again. "Warm 

 water may be poured into the eyes from a little kett]e or 

 teapot in a gentle stream. 



A few drops of the officinal solution of atropine may 

 be dropped into the eye two to three times a day, taking 

 care that it does not run into the dog's mouth (poisonous). 



The application with a camel's-hair brush of a solution 

 of nitrate of silver, of a strength of ten to twenty grains 

 to the ounce of water once or twice daily, has been found 

 generally useful. For a lotion to be used more frequently, 

 the following is recommended, and is useful in many ca- 

 tarrhal conditions of the eye : 



