44 DADD’S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
fetida may be given every morning, and in the evening, one ounce 
of the fluid extract of sassafras. So soon as the animal regains 
hie natural vision, the medicine may be discontinued. 
Foreign BopiEs WITHIN THE EYELIDS. 
When foreign bodies, such as small particles of hay or dirt, ge 
within the eyelids, they create great pain and uneasiness, and if 
allowed to remain there, produce a very grave form of disease, 
often ending in disorganization and total blindness. Should any 
thing of the kind be discovered, it may be removed by raising 
the upper or depressing the lower lids; then introduce and cx- 
plore the eyeball by means of a camel’s hair pencil, to which the 
foreign body will usually adhere, when it is easily brought away. 
The parts should then be sponged with lukewarm water. After 
the lapse of a few hours, should the membranes of the eye anc 
lids appear much reddened, use the following: 
No. 1. Rose water ..cccescceseccccccccccsscsece 4 OZ. 
Fluid extract of gelseminum........... 2 dr. 
Put the patient on a diet of sloppy bran mash, and place him 
where the rays of sunlight shall not affect the eye. 
FiuMs oR SPECKS ON THE EYE, KNOWN AS OPACITY 
OF THE CORNEA. 
Opacity of the cornea sometimes results from injuries ; at otbers 
they are symptomatic, and accompany other diseases. They are 
of very common occurrence in the various stages of influenza and 
other catarrhal affections, and sometimes a distinct speck will 
remain long after the disease which gave rise to it has disappeared 
The author remembers many cases in which the sight has been 
completely destroyed by using substances of a corrosive or stimu- 
lating character. The proper mode of treatment is to bathe the 
eye occasionally with a portion of the following lotion: 
No. 2 Fluid extract of bloodroot...........00. » 1 oz. 
WA LOT jen aice arate Setscex'ereie Saou Sie aie arate ve 8 02 
Mix. 
Give the patient one ounce, morning and evening, of fluid 
extract of phytolacca decandra (poke-root). This acts as az 
alterative, and will expedite the cure. 
