64 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



of the moon's changes, as horsemen suppose, the disease 

 reappears, having the same symptoms and characteristics 

 as in the first attack, only a greater deposit of pus will be 

 left at each subsequent attack. One attack succeeds ano- 

 ther until the whole pupil is filled with matter, consti- 

 tuting cataract, thus completely destroying the eyesight. 

 This disease is usually at first confined to one eye, but in 

 some cases both are afi"ected, one usually more severely 

 than the other. 



Treatment. — This disease is deemed incurable, which fact 

 has often induced the owner of an animal thus affected to 

 sell him, being well aware that the disease will at no distant 

 day return, and leave upon his hands a blind horse. An 

 application of cold water and the tincture of opium should 

 be used to allay pain and irritation: cold water, one 

 ounce; tincture of opium, two drachms; to be applied by 

 means of a camel's hair pencil. 



Observe. — When one eye of a horse is affected with this 

 disease, the other will also ultimately become affected. 

 To prevent this, it has been advised, as is done in man, to 

 have the diseased eye entirely extirpated. In horses, I 

 would rather puncture the cornea with a lancet, and allow 

 the watery humor to escape, thus permitting the diseased 

 eye to sink in the head. This being done successfully, 

 the remaining eye will not only retain, but will increase 

 in lustre and brightness. 



False ftuarter. — (See Foot Diseases.) 



Farcy. — The reader will be not a little surprised at 

 the opinions that are advanced by me in regard to this 

 disease, especially if he be a reader of the books on the 

 diseases of horses. In these books we are distinctly told 

 that farcy is a variety of glanders, and that farcy buds 



