212 DISEASES OF THE ETE. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE Ete. — The eyes of sHeep are subject 

 to few diseases, in our country. The only serious one I have 

 ever seen — and that is quite rare — is simple ophthalmia,* 

 characterized hy redness of the eye, and its appendages, 

 with intolerance of light and a copious flow of tears. It is 

 generally, however, attended with but moderate inflam- 

 mation, and if neglected, its worst and that by no means the 

 most common result is bUndness, almost invariably confined 

 to one eye. It might prove more serious among high fed 

 mutton sheep. Mr. Grove, the best practical shepherd of his 

 day, in our coimtry, used to blow red chalk into the diseased 

 eye. " Others squirt into it tobacco juice, from those ever 

 ready reservoirs of this nauseous fluid, their mouths. Conceiv- 

 ing it a matter of humanity to do something, I have in some 

 instances drawn blood from under the eye, bathed the eye in 

 warm water, and occasionally with a weak solution of the 

 sulphate of zinc combined with tincture of opium. These 

 applicatipns diminish the pain and accelerate the cure." f 



* There is occasiODally a case of •cataract. Also see Art. Babies in this voliune. 

 t Sheep Husbandry in the Sonth, p. 839. 



