82 The Y hv.v.i^K' s NeiJ:: Guide. Chap. XXIV. 



If your Horl'e's Eyes be alfo hot and fwoln at the fame 

 lime thefe outward Defeds are apparent on them, he 

 ought to be Bled, Purg'd, and Rowell'd, according as you 

 find him in Cafe to bear it ; and by thefe Means his Sight 

 may certainly be preferv'd, unlefs the Cornea be \ery much 

 injured. '■'''' 



There are many ether Remedies to be met with in Au- 

 thors, which may be outwardly uied with Succefs, as thofe 

 compofed of the Vitriols^ crude Sal Armoniack^ Camphor ^ 

 and the like, and are enough in the Acquaintance of moft 

 Farriers ; but fuch as are made of Shells, Powder of Glafs, 

 and the Powder of Flint, or of Turkifi Whetftone, can^ 

 only be fuccefsful, as their fliarp Points may tear the Sub- 

 ftance of thofe Bodies that grow over the Sight, while they 

 roll about in the Eye ; yet as thefe cannot be diflblv'd, 

 but often flick in the Corners, and in the foft Flefh in the 

 Bottom of the Eye, and thereby caufe violent Inflamma- 

 tion, they are therefore not to be meddled with, unlefs 

 when the Cafe is defperate ; for it may be often obferved, 

 that the Ufe of fuch harfh Things, while the Defedt is only 

 in one Eye, bring? it into both, by Realon of the conftant 

 Symp-.uhy there is between them. 



But we fhall now proceed to thofe Defedls which are 

 more internal ; and though we do not propofe a Cure for 

 fuch as are obftinate, or out of the Reach of common 

 Applications, yet we fhall lay down the moft certain Signs 

 whereby they may be diftinguiflied, and at the fame time 

 adminifter thiofe Helps that are the moft rational in thofe 

 Cafes. 



. >. . Firfl then^ If one or more of the Humours 



i ^'^'Z"^'' "^' of the Eye fhould be coagulated and thick- 



ternal Blind- J .• , i i n. \ 



^^- en d, as abovemention d, this mult be appa- 



rent to any one, bccaufe the Bottom of the 

 Eye, which is plainly vifible in a Horfe, or any other large 

 Animal, mud then be hid, and nothing can be feen but the 

 Colour of the condens'd Humour thro' the Cornea : But 

 this Kind of Blindnefs rarely happens, unlefs it proceed from 

 a Wound or Bruife, and then it becomes incurable. 



The next inward Imperfedion, fo far as it aft'eds the 

 watery Humour of the Eye, is fomewhat a- kin to the for- 

 mer, and is very frequently to be met with among Horfes, 

 infomuch that ibme have been foalM with Catara^s or 

 Pearls on their Eyes : But as this Defcdt alfo lies within 

 the Cornea^ it is not to be cured in Horlcs i for nothing 



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