EPISCLERITIS. INFLAMMATION OF THE SCLERA.
Scleritis in man is described as a manifestation of rheumatism, gout, or tuberculosis. It occurs in animals in connection with traumatic lesions, with iritis, cyclitis and choroiditis and is manifested by more or less congestion, swelling and tenderness of the sclerotic, but is always subordinate in importance and the treatment demanded is for the more serious disease.