THE OX-—MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS AND INJURIES. 287 
INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. 
This affection of the eyes is caused by violence from a blow; irritating 
matter in the eye, as dirt or hay seed; coid; sudden changes of temperature; 
and it may be inherited. : 
Symptoms.—Dull, watery, closed eye; corner red or swollen; mem- 
brane attached to the eyeballs streaked with blood-vessels; eyelids hot, 
swollen and tender, afterward glued together; sometimes dilated pupils; tears. 
TREATMENT.—Cases resulting from violence should be treated with 
doses of arnica and conium; some cases require an internal and external use of 
euphrasia, with doses of belladonna and cannabis. If the presence of foreign 
matters be the cause, remove them and use arnica and conium internally 
and externally. If a cold causes the disorder, give camphor, bryonia and 
euphrasia; belladonna is also to be used for scalding tears, enlarged pupils 
and marked redness. If eruptions about the mouth, and swollen tongue and 
throat appear, as they do among young cattle on wet lands, and if slight 
ulcers appear on the front of the eyeball, give sulphur and remove the 
animal to a comfortable stable or shed. If the disease is hereditary, blind- 
ness will most likely result eventually. In these cases the animal enjoys 
apparent recovery at intervals, then suffers as before, though the inflamma- 
tion may shift from one eye to the other, and a cure is at least doubtful. 
Refer to the remarks on Inflammation of the Eye in the Horse. 
ULCERATED OR SWOLLEN EYELIDS. 
These frequently exist independently of inammation of the eye. 
TREATMENT.—For ulcers at the edges, mangy skin, and an anxious 
manner, give sulphur or mercurius corrosivus. For dropsical swellings 
which retain the impression of a finger pressed upon them, as in dropsy, 
give arsenicum, with good food. 
Swellings differing from the last in containing gas instead of fluid 
occur among well-fed and fattening cattle, and are best treated with pulsatilla. 
CATARACT. 
A cataract may develop after severe inflammation of the eye, when the 
eyelids are red, sight gradually impaired, and a whitish, brownish, or yel- 
lowish body forms on the pupil. 
TREATMENT.—The treatment is the same as for Cataract in the Horse. 
An impairment of the sight of the ox does not, however, so materially 
affect his value as it does that of the horse. 
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