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15 of jalap. If the inflammation still continues, give calomel 

 and opium, of each a grain, three times a day ; and if an ulcer 

 exists, use one or other of the following drops every night, viz., 

 wine of opium, or a solution of nitrate of silver, ten grains to the 

 ounce. 



This, generally, in a healthy dog, will succeed, but sometimes 

 in a weak, badly reared, young dog, the inflammation, instead of 

 assuming the above healthy character, puts on a more chronic 

 form. The intolerance of light is greater, the white of the eye is 

 more blue, the ulcerations are not so deep, indeed they are often 

 pustules rather than ulcers, and the inflammation may be called 

 strumous ophthalmia. The discharge is also more watery than 

 in ordinary ophthalmia, and the lids very frequently are red and 

 fleshy. For this state of things the lowering treatment above 

 advocated would be highly prejudicial ; and, on the contrary, a 

 grain of quinine and three of hemlock-extract should be given 

 three times a day. The same drops may, however, be used if 

 ulceration is present, but the strength of the solution often 

 requires a considerable increase. In the former of these states the 

 diet should be very low, whilst in the latter condition the dog 

 should be allowed as much nourishment as his stomach will 

 bear. 



OPHTHALMIA sometimes appears to assume a rheumatic cha- 

 racter : in this affection the symptoms are intermediate in severity 

 between ordinary and strumous ophthalmia. The redness is not 

 so vivid as in the first, and the enlarged vessels appear deeper 

 under the surface. They are, in fact, beneath the conjunctiva or 



