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sorption of effused fluids and thickenings. Iron and gen- 

 tian will be useful. (See Medicines and Prescriptions.) 



(7.) Weeping from the Eye. — This is more properly 

 a symptom than a disease — a swelling of the caruncula 

 lachrymalis — a small, round body. 



Treatment. — Touch the swelling with a camel's hair 

 pencil dipped in the lotion of blue stone, or nitrate of sil- 

 ver. Four grains to an ounce of rain water, will be strong 

 enough for this purpose. This treatment will cure the 

 weeping, provided the tear-duct be open. 



(8.) Closing of the Eyelids. 



Treatment. — Apply warm water with a sponge for a 

 period sufficiently long, so as to dissolve or dilute the mu- 

 cus, which causes the lids to stick together. To prevent 

 a recurrence during some diseases of the eyes, smear the 

 lids with sweet oil, or cold cream, every night while the 

 disease lasts. 



(9.) Hair Growing in the Eye. — Scientifically, this 

 is called Trichiasis. The removal of the hair by twee- 

 zers, or forceps, and the application of some eye-wash to 

 remove the irritation, are the proper means to be em- 

 ployed. 



(10.) Swelling of the Eyelids. — This is sometimes 

 observed in bad cases of mange, (which see.) 



(11.) Simple Ophthalmia, or Catarrhal Oph- 

 thalmia. 



Sy^nptoms. — A thick, mucous discharge from the eye, 

 accompanying cases of cold or catarrh, redness and swell- 

 ing of the membrane lining the inside of the eyelids. This 

 condition and appearance resemble the lining of the nose 

 in cases of cold. This affection may with propriety be 

 called muco-purulent ophthalmia, and it is not unlike 

 the Egyptian ophthalmia of man, produced by the intro- 



