382 
ON PERIODICAL OPHTHALMIA. 
to many young horses in this neighbourhood that have suffered 
from ophthalmia : yet many horses go blind, no doubt, that do 
not inherit the disease from their parents. It is by no means of 
unfrequent occurrence to see horses’ eyes attacked with ophthal¬ 
mia by metastasis of inflammation from some other part of the 
body. 
CASE I. 
Three years ago I was requested to fire the fore legs of a well- 
bred horse, eight years old, colour brown, with black legs, tanned 
muzzle, and as fine a hazel eye as most horses could shew, the 
property of T. S. Hellier, Esq., Woodhouse, four miles from 
hence. He had just finished the hunting season. I was of opinion 
the horse was not in a fit state for the operation; but the groom 
informed the master the horse had taken physic, and was sure to 
do well; consequently Mr. H. would have him operated upon. 
The firing took considerable effect; this passed off, and the legs 
were very much benefitted by the operation. During the time he 
was tied up in an excellent and well-ventilated loose box, he had 
an attack of inflammation of the lungs, which soon subsided. 
At the end of five weeks from the time of firing he was turned 
into a paddock by day, and housed at night. He had not been out 
more than a week, when ophthalmia appeared in both eyes : the 
swelling of the lids was not great, nor the flow of tears copious; 
but the internal inflammation was intense: the pupil in one eye 
was completely closed; the iris in both eyes soon lost its beautiful 
colour; the aqueous humour became turbid, and the work of de 
struction went on as rapidly as I ever witnessed: he partially 
recovered his sight, but on a second paroxysm speedily went quite 
blind. 
CASE II. 
Mr. Jorden of Penn, near Wolverhampton, had a thorough¬ 
bred entire horse, aged, attacked with pneumonia, from which it 
was thought he would not recover. The inflammation terminated 
in resolution ; and in a week ophthalmia appeared in both eyes, 
and he went blind. 
CASE III. 
Mr. Jackson, of the Three Tuns Inn, in this town, had a 
chestnut cob horse, five years old, with two wall eyes, suffering 
from a slight inflammation of the lungs, from which he soon got 
better; when ophthalmia attacked his eyes, and after several 
paroxysms, first in one eye and then in the other, he went blind. 
CASE IV. 
A thorough-bred stallion, the property of James Russell, Esq., 
Bescot Hall, six miles from this, at the end of the racing season. 
