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they should be well washed with tepid water 

 or tepid water and milk, and have a few drops 

 of a solution of one-half grain of the sulphate 

 of atropia, one and a half grains of the sulphate 

 of zinc, and one ounce of rose-water put in 

 them several times a day. 



From an excessive conjunctivitis, or from 

 injury from a scratch or blow on the eyeball 

 itself, we may have an inflammation of the 

 cornea, which clouds the eye over with a large 

 white spot (keratitis). This, if attended to at 

 once, is usually not serious, although it may 

 be followed by ulceration of the cornea, which 

 allows the escape of the humor of the eye. 



Cataract, or inflammation of the crystalline 

 lens of the eyes, followed later by a deposit of 

 calcareous matter in the lens, sometimes occurs. 

 In this case the front of the eye is entirely 

 clear, while a frozen, snowlike mass can be 

 seen through the pupil, which is chronically 

 dilated. 



Wounds and traumatisms to the eyelids and 

 the eye itself present the same symptoms and 

 require the same treatment that similar injuries 

 would in other animals. 



