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and then common salt, finely powdered, has 

 oft^n proved useful. But if the eye have been 

 in this state for some time, and the opacit^'^ is 

 very considerable, white glass, finely powdered 

 and mixed with honey, is a more elfectual 

 remedy. Whenever the eyes are weak, or in 

 a state of inflammation, the vapours which 

 arise from foul litter should be carefuiiy guarded 

 against; indeed, it is by no meaus an impro- 

 bable conjecture, that when the eyes are weak, 

 these irritating vapours may often prove the 

 exciting cause of inflammation. 



There is a cartilaginous body connected 

 with the eyes of horses commonly temped 

 the hau\ Whenever the eye is drawn into 

 the socket, (which the horse has the power of 

 doing by means of a muscle that does not exist 

 in the human subject) the haw is forced over 

 the eye, so that when dust happens to adhere 

 to the surface of the eye, he is enabled, by 

 means of this cartilage, to wipe it off; and as 

 light is painful to the animal when the eye isc 

 in a state of inflammation, v\ e generally find 

 this Gra.an, on such occasions, drawn more 

 thao usual into the socket, and consequently 

 the haw becomes conspicuous on its siu'face. 

 Farriers in this case consider the haw as an 



