94 THE CAT 



External injuries and the entrance of various 

 foreign bodies into the eye are the usual causes. 



Treatment. 



Bathe the eye with an infusion of chamomile 

 several times a day, using a piece of boracic lint 

 for this purpose. Next dress with the following 

 lotion, keeping the eye removed from draughts : 



Boracic acid ... 20 grains. 

 Sulphate of zinc 8 



Wine of opium . . 2 drachms. 



Water .... 2 ounces. 



Allow this to circulate freely in and around the 

 eye two or three times a day, continuing until 

 improvement ensues. 



Boracic ointment will be found useful, but what 

 is still better, the following ointment : 



Yellow oxide of mercury ointment . I drachm. 

 Red .1 scruple. 



Boracic acid ointment . . . i ounce. 



Put a small bit of this into the eye night and 

 morning. W T hen the eyes are in a chronic state of 

 inflammation, the cause is usually due to a relaxed 

 condition of the lining membrane of the eyelids, 

 and requires a certain amount of constitutional 

 treatment for its removal, for which purpose there 



