. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES, ETC., OF THE EYE AND EAR. 459 Treatment.—This consists in cutting an elliptical piece of skin out of the eyelid, close to its margin, but allowing sufficient room to in- sert a few stitches to draw the edo-es together. Healino; will occur without much trouble. If there is a disposition to rub the eye on surrounding objects, put on the eye bandage. IV. Ectropium, or Turning Outward, of the Eyelashes. This is the exact reverse of the preceding condition. In the horse it is ve
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES, ETC., OF THE EYE AND EAR. 459 Treatment.—This consists in cutting an elliptical piece of skin out of the eyelid, close to its margin, but allowing sufficient room to in- sert a few stitches to draw the edo-es together. Healino; will occur without much trouble. If there is a disposition to rub the eye on surrounding objects, put on the eye bandage. IV. Ectropium, or Turning Outward, of the Eyelashes. This is the exact reverse of the preceding condition. In the horse it is very rare. The eyelid being everted allows the entrance of dirt into the eye, and inflammation results, with similar consequences as in a case of entropium. Treatment.—Make a cut in the skin of the deformed lid and stretch it. At the same time carefully apply a little lunar caustic to the inside of the membrane, repeating this at intervals of four or five days. V. Pilaria Oculi. This in America is an exceedingly rare disease, due to the presence of a small worm varying from one-eighth to one- sixteenth of an inch long, which has somehow found its way through the circulation into the humors of the eye. In India, British veterinarians meet with it often. Irritation of the eye, weeping, dimness of vision, and ultimately a cataract, form an outline sketch of its history. Treatment.—This consists in casting, turning the horse on his back, and carefully puncturing the cornea at the top, and allowing the fluid, and with it bulging of the the worm to escape. The fluid will be again secreted, and if the puncture has been carefully done, no harm ensues. VI. Staphyloma, or Bulging of the Cornea. This, while rarely affecting the horse, is a common trouble among dogs. The cornea becomes milky, and bulges outward like a tumor in appearance; it even projects beyond the eyelids. Treatment.—This Avill consist in the frequent and cautious touch- ing of the protrusion with nitrate of silver
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