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incurable. The cataract, if in its incipient stage, 

 may sometimes be relieved by a long-continued 

 application of stimulant medicines. 



It sometimes happens, if the eye has been much 

 injured, taut specks remain on the cornea ; and if 

 they have been of long continuance, are very diffi- 

 cult to remove : absorption in these small vefsels 

 taking place but slowly, all the hopes of re- 

 moval depends on a long-continued application of 

 such stimulants as have been recommended, as- 

 sisted occasionally with diuretics and gentle ex- 

 ercise. 



There is another disease which sometimes af- 

 fects the eyes of the horse, which seems to be con- 

 stitutional, known by the appellation of Moon 

 Blindnefs. This is discovered by our finding one 

 of the eyes in a high state of inflammation, with- 

 out any apparent cause : this in a few weeks returns 

 to its natural state, and we soon find the other eye 

 affected in the same manner, this keeps going 

 on alternately, and generally ends in total blind- 

 nefs. All the hopes we have of cure in this case, 

 are from often-repeated fomentations of warm 

 water, occasional bleeding, and a course of mild 

 alteratives, &c. 



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