If a dog be accidentally scalded, apply, with as little delay as possible,—
| Lime water, | equal parts. |
| Linseed oil, | equal parts. |
OPHTHALMIA.
Ophthalmia is supposed to be contagious; yet a mild form may result from external injury, as blows, bruises, or extraneous bodies introduced under the eyelid. The eye is such a delicate and tender organ, that the smallest particle of any foreign body lodging on its surface will cause great pain and swelling.
Treatment.—Take a tea-spoonful of finely-pulverized marshmallow root, add sufficient hot water to make a thin mucilage, and with this wash the eye frequently. Keep the animal in a dark place, on a light diet; and if the eyes are very red and tender, give a pill composed of twenty-nine grains extract of butternut and ten grains cream of tartar.
If purulent discharge sets in, bathe the eye with infusion of camomile or red rose leaves, and give the following:—
| Powdered pleurisy root, | equal parts. |
| Powdered bloodroot, | equal parts. |
| Powdered sulphur, | equal parts. |
Dose, half a table-spoonful daily. To be given in honey. When the eyelids adhere together, wash with warm milk.