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or speck will remain, but the sight is all right, and to remove this spot use the 

 following 



EYE SALVE. 



Vaseline 1 ounce 



Yellow oxide of mercury 2 grains 



Mix, use daily, putting inside the eye -a portion about the size of a pea, 

 then closing the eye rub it gently. This prescription should be thoroughly 

 and carefully mixed by your druggist. 



Under this general heading of DISEASES OF THE EYE you will now find each eye 

 trouble under its proper name, with treatment. 



AMAUROSISOFTHE EYE. This is a loss of sight, partial or entire, arising 

 from one of several causes; the optic nerve is palsied, which may have arisen from 

 a blow near the eye. Exhaustion from isuckling will produce amaurosis and bitches 

 sometimes exhibit it during gestation; excess of light is also a cause. The eye is 

 unnaturally clear and glittering, the pupil expanded and fixed, and that the dog is 

 partially or entirely blind is seen by his stepping high and with needless care when 

 nothing is in his way and running against things that are. If when you feint a 

 blow the eye does not move, total blindness may be assumed. 



Eberhart's Eye Lotion No. 2 (See OPTHALMIA) may do a lot of good if used at 

 .once, as I have never found any case of eye trouble that it did not help or cure. 

 This eye lotion should not be kept on hand very long, however, as the camphor 

 water in it destroys its virtues after a time. It is advisable, when such a delicate 

 organ as the eye is the seat of disease, to consult a qualified veterinarian!. If you 

 find the trouble due to a deranged nervous system, 3 to 10 drops of tincture of nux 

 vomioa in a little water, twice daily after food, is useful. 



EYEBALL, PROTRUSION OF. It sometimes occurs in fighting that the eye- 

 ball is forced out of its socket, and the lid, contracting, prevents its return. I 

 cannot recommend the amateur to attempt to return \he eyeball to its place, but the 

 veterinary surgeon should be sent for, and in the meantime a small stream of luke- 

 warm water should be kept running on to the part to keep the muscles relaxed as 

 much as possible, to facilitate the necessary operations in returning the eyeball 

 to its place. 



WATERY OR WEEPING EYES. This trouble seems to be inherited by some 

 breeds of dogs, such as Italian greyhounds, Blenheim spaniels, Maltese terriers and 

 white Toy poodles. In these cases a strong astringent will do harm and induce 

 inflammation. Bathing with an infusion of green tea will have a good effect, and 

 the use of the following simple eye lotion will do much good. I use it for any ordi- 

 nary inflammation due to a cold. Take 2 grains of ordinary rochelle salts to 2 

 ounces of rose water and drop in eyes twice a day. Being a cheap remedy, I also 

 bathe the eyes with it instead of water, a six ounce mixture only costing a dime of 

 any reasonable druggist. This weakness may arise from a slight inflammation. A 

 purge if the dog is gross and fat, and you can use the following Lotion for WEAK 



Sulphate of zinc 12 grains 



Laudanum % ounce 



Distilled water 6 ounces 



Equally as good is boracic acid 1 scruple to 6 ounces of distilled water. Bathe 



