76 COMPENDIUM OT THE VETEKINARY ART. 



The eyes often become inflamed in con- 

 sequence of cold and fevers, in which cases 

 the cause is to be chiefly attended to : when 

 this is removed, the infiannnation usually 

 ceaSes. 



The most common cause of this complaint 

 is high feeding, without a due proportion of 

 exercise. These cases require great care and 

 atteutiou, for unless proper remedies are em- 

 ployed on the first attack, the disease, though 

 it aj:)pears to go oiT, will be frequently re- 

 turning, and in all probability eventually pro- 

 duce blindness. The first remedy to be 

 employed on this occasion is bleeding; and 

 the quantity of blood that is drawn should be 

 proportionate to the violence of the inflam- 

 mation, and the coiuUfion of the animal. 

 Should the vessels on the white part of the 

 eye and inner part of the eye-lids appear to 

 be distended witli blood, great advantage will 

 be derived from scarifying the latter witii a 

 lancet. A laxative ball is to be given, and 

 the bowels afterward kept in a lax state by 

 means of bran mashes. I have found a seton, 

 placed immediately under the eye, a very 

 useful remedy; but unless the operation is 

 nicely performed, it frequently leaves an 



