Dogs are subject to all eye troubles that humans are, and perhaps more so. Eye troubles I have had great success in treating, and when I see them appear in a clog I am not at all worried. They must be cared for at once, however. Accidents to the eye are not uncommon, as from scratches by a cat, injuries from a blow, or in fighting. In such cases the first thing to do is to bathe it with warm water for from fifteen to thirty minutes, this to reduce the swelling and inflammation which follows. If the injury is great, a veterinarian had best be called in but otherwise Eberhart's Eye Lotion, "No 1" or "No. 2," can be used three or four times daily with good results, just a few drops:

Eberhart's Eye Lotion - No. 1

Cocaine ................................... 10 grains.

Sulphate of zinc ............................ 10 grains.

Rose water, imported ......................... 2 ounces.

Now, as to the above, this is the one I had in First Edition of this book, only there I had in it 38 grains of cocaine, instead of 10 grains, as in this. Under the old formula I used it for years, and with it I saved the sight of hundreds of-dogs.

A lady living near New York had a Blenheim spaniel that was nearly blind from diseased eyes. She took it to a celebrated occulist in New York, who pronounced it a hopeless case, telling her that- the dog would go totally blind, and very soon. She wrote me and I sent her this prescription, and in a couple of weeks her dog's eyes were as sound and well as any dog's eyes ever were. The dog's eyes were apparently nearly dropping out of its head, and looked as if you could knock them off with your finger, when she took him to this eye doctor. When she, after the cure, showed the dog to the doctor he could hardly believe it was the same dog, and said: "Well, it's simply wonderful."

Now here is Eberhart's Eye Lotion "No. 2."

Acid boracic ................................10 grains.

Cocaine ................................... 9 grains.

Sulphate of zinc ............................ 2 grains.

Aqua camphor ............................. 1 tablespoonful.

Aqua rosa ................................. 1 tablespoonful.

Drop in eye, a few drops, two or three times daily.

I now consider "No. 2" a better one than "No. 1," for most all eye troubles, and have used it for several years instead of "No. 1." It can never do any harm, but always benefit. This one, due to the camphor water in it, will not keep well for over a few weeks or so, and therefore should this be remembered and not used when having stood too long. Either should be always tightly corked, and a glass stoppered bottle is much the best. Only get half the prescription filled at a time, probably enough for the case, and saves extra expense. If any trouble in getting it, I can sent it by mail for sixty cents.

Whenever I find any trouble in any of my. dogs eyes I at once use the No. 2, even in case of a slight cold caught and which had settled into the eye, as shown by inflammation, mattery or watery discharge, or even only an apparent weakness or blinking when dog was exposed to a strong light. In such cases( bathing the eyes first, with a Boracic Acid solution, (how to make is given under that heading), see index, just a couple drops twice a day, is required.

Pugs, toy spaniels and all dogs with prominent or "pop eyes," as they are termed, are greatly troubled with their eyes, and here is where I found out the merits of my own eye remedies.

You may discover some morning the eye of your dog covered with a blue film, this is so common in pop eyed dogs that I named it "blue eye" for short. Very rapidly this eye, the ball, will enlarge, and if not promptly treated will assume proportions that are apparently startling, and in a few days if not taken care of, the ball of the eye would bulge out so much that it would seem as if it would drop out of its head. Don't be alarmed, for my lotion "No. 2" will take care of this, will cure the eye, which in due time will be sound as ever, the same as it was before this trouble appeared, and the sight saved, as perfect as ever. No. 2 will never fail to cure ulceration and perforation of the ball of the eye if used in time. In some cases a white spot or speck will remain, but the sight is all right, and to remove this spot use the following:

Eye Salve

Vaseline .................................... 1 ounce.

Yellow oxide of mercury ...................... 2 grains.

Mix, use daily, putting inside the eye a portion about the size of a pea, then closing the eye rub it gently. This prescription should be thoroughly and carefully mixed by your druggist. This is very important.

In other cases the "No. 2" has done all the curing, and there was no white spot left. Due to the present stringent laws in many states as to narcotics, it will be necessary to have your doctor write this prescription because of the cocaine in it. Where I 'discovered" this "No. 2" was in the case of a Pug dog I had bought, that when I received her from the express company, had gotten this on her long trip, and I at once took her to my own eye doctor, Dr. Robert C. Hefiebower, (now one of the greatest, if not the greatest, eye specialist in the .world, today. My bill with him for this dog was eighteen dollars), and now with "No. 2" it can be cured for less than a dollar. I consider this "No. 2" worth more than twenty times the cost of a copy of this book.

Dogs are subject to affections of the eye in more or less degree according to their breed and uses. Hunting dogs are naturally, owing to the nature of their work, more subject than other dogs to receive injuries from thorns, dust and dirt and other foreign matter. This will be followed by more or less inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the eyelids, which is attended by a watery discharge at first and assuming a more purulent condition as the trouble increases.

It is well known that a small particle of grit may remain under an eyelid in spite of fomentations, and should the eye be examined without discovery of the source of trouble, very often an application of pure olive oil with a camel's hair brush to the underpart of the eyelid will often succeed in carrying off the irritant, which may be too small to discern. This, however, is usually to be considered merely a preliminary step, and my Eye Lotion No. 2 should be then used to remove the inflammation thus caused. If your dog brings about a swollen or inflamed condition of the eyelids through a chance scratch of the claws in rubbing their face, use my Eye Lotion No. 2, after having first bathed the parts with warm water.

Different form of indigestion may be associated with irritation of the mucous membranes throughout, and the eyes will suffer in common with the other parts. Rheumatism is also one of the maladies which are attended with inflammation, more or less pronounced, of the eyes, with the eyeball itself and the lids participating in the disorder. It must, therefore, be obvious that the common expression, "a discharge from the-eyes," may refer to a variety of morbid conditions which are not to be counteracted by an application of a lotion to the eye. Perhaps a safe guide for the tyro in medicine may be found in the duration of the discharge. In any case of simple irritation from the presence of dirt or grit it may be fairly expected that the symptoms will cease very quickly upon the application of simple remedies, that is to say after it has been clearly ascertained that there is no offending body adherent to the underneath part of the eyelid. The continuance of the discharge week after week, or even month after month, may certainly be taken to mean that something more than ordinary irritation of a simple kind is present, and under such circumstances the chances are that the common eye water, for example, three or four grains of boracic acid in an ounce of rose water, for example, three or four grains of possibly do some harm by checking the discharge, which is really critical in its character. The proper course in such cases would be to consult an expert in diseases of the dog, who will most probably be able to find some constitutional cause to account for what has been looked upon as a local disorder.