. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. citingcauses, such as injuries of any kind, as before ex-Fio. 901.—Physiological Papillae, as Seen with the , . , , . , . ... , plained, bemg kept m very Ophthalmoscope. > t. r j dark and ill-ventilated sta-bles, and then suddenly exposed to the glare of a hot sun ; and, likesimple ophthalmia, it may follow continued exposure to cold. Symptoms.—Among the first symptoms is a watery dischargefrom one or both eyes, and on being exposed to the sunlight he ex-hibits a peculiar uneasiness,
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. citingcauses, such as injuries of any kind, as before ex-Fio. 901.—Physiological Papillae, as Seen with the , . , , . , . ... , plained, bemg kept m very Ophthalmoscope. > t. r j dark and ill-ventilated sta-bles, and then suddenly exposed to the glare of a hot sun ; and, likesimple ophthalmia, it may follow continued exposure to cold. Symptoms.—Among the first symptoms is a watery dischargefrom one or both eyes, and on being exposed to the sunlight he ex-hibits a peculiar uneasiness, with a partial closure of the affectedeye. As the disease advances, the eyelids become swollen, and ifturned upward, the conjunctiva appears reddened and injected ; theeye looks smaller, and retracted into its socket ; the interior of theeye reveals a peculiar muddy or turbid appearance, showing floatingflakes, and a yellowish or whitish deposit at the bottom of the cham-ber. Fig. 902 is designed to show, on an enlarged scale, somethingof this change. The symptoms are very like ihose of simple oph-. 5S4r DISEASES AXn Til Ell! THE AT ME XT. thalmia, and often lead to the supposition that the eye has receiveda blow or other injury. The above symptoms become more and more aggravated, andthe patient becomes affected constituticfnally ; the circulation is in-creased, the mouth hot, and the appetite impaired. These symp-toms may continue for several days, and then gradually disappear,or they may be prolonged for weeks, and end only with the destruc-tion of the eye. A prominent and well-marked symptom of thisdisease is its shifting from one eye to the other ; in many cases, one eye has no sooner re-covered than the otherbecomes affected. Atother times, recovery^is rapid, and to all ap-pearances the eye looksperfectly healthy ; in ashort time, however,the disease returns, andoften with increasedseverity. These oc-currences or shiftingstake place in from threeweeks to a month ormore
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