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Show TREATING ULCERS OF CORNEA Touch All Parts of Sore With Stick of Nitrate of Silver Bathe With Solution of Salt Water. Ulcers of the cornea in calves may be caused by several things, such as bruises, abscesses, or beards from foxtail; fox-tail; or it may be the result of a severe se-vere attack of pink eye. You can tell ulcers of the cornea from pink eye by means of the discharge. Instead of pus, you will find an acid, watery fluid. If it should be ulcer of the cornea, or ulcers formed by very violent cases of the pink eye, the treatment is about the same. Take a stick of nitrate of silver, sharpen as you would a pencil, get an attendant to hold the head of the calf, keeping the eyelids back, and touch all parts of the ulcer lightly with the stick of silver nitrate. Wait a few minutes and bathe eyes with a solution solu-tion of salt water. Repeat this operation in about three days. Unless you have a distinct projection pro-jection on the cornea of the eye, do not use the caustic treatment. Bathe several times a day with sulphato of zinc, 15 grains to a half pint of soft water. Protect the eyes from flies, sunlight, etc. |