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cising the horse regularly, and avoiding such 

 things as may suddenly 'suppress or check 

 perspiration. Moderate feeding too and good 

 grooming are necessary. By continuing this 

 kind of management, the eye will gradually 

 recover it's strength ; but if these precautions be 

 neglected, the disease generally returns; for 

 though the eye appears to be quite recovered, 

 it cannot be supposed, that so delicate an organ 

 can be suddenly restored to it's original strength 

 after such an attack. As horses are too fre- 

 quently treated improperly, it is not to be won- 

 dered at, that this disease should so often return 

 after having been apparently cured; nor ought 

 we to attribute it to any peculiarity in the 

 constitution af the horse, or in the structure of 

 kis eye. The disease we have now been de- 

 scribing is that which arises from some internal 

 cause, either a gent^ral fullness of the system, 

 or partial determination of blood to the eye, in 

 consequence of suppressed or diminished per- 

 spiration. When the eye becomes iniiamed 

 from a blow, a bite, or any external injury, it 

 is generally soon cured merely by washing the 

 eye with the above lotion ; but when the injury 

 is considerable, bleeding and purging-, and 

 particularly local bleeding, are also necessary.. 



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