Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
From. the Pkdnter.

Mr.. DuBose IL have always;been ad
dicled 10 extreme fondncss for animals q
all kinds; which, in some measure, ac
counts for The soubriquet, which my friend
have bestowed on. me; and whilst hav'
INDUCED. in trailing up fayorile game Il
their dens and lIollows in the swamps,
have discovered that no man was looser
who noted The diagnosis Of the various dis
eases which affiicl domestic animals. We
lerinary scieuce is 100 little understood
and if one half "me medics'' were to turn
our attention 10 the maadies Of horses
cows sheep aud dogs, part Of humanity
might he saved from empiricism, and the
useful inividuals enumerated, might be
vastly beneHlted. in reheclins upon the
treatment To which ignorance and super
slition have subjected The horse aud COW,
i've see much which requires -hasly and
summary correction, and we consider the
best and most efficient plan 10 do this is,
when we seeiD all agricultural journal,
any quackeryor humbugery, immediute-
ly to expose the fallacy, if i, is in our
power. 80 "
Our attention has been arrested by this
view. by the communication of Fair
field" 10 your paper rlhe l3th'inst..and,
like nv friend. have been led d-Iothe
faithful observation Of the diseases of do
nestle stock, aud have 10 my lime, heard
of those lorlnrng operations of '"cutting
the hooks out Of the eyes and nose" Of the
horse, with more pain lhan,pleasure. 'i.'.
have been pleased with the earnest
ness with which Fairfield reports this
commencement TO his Intended series Of
nAnnnlnalous Cases." and look with inte-
rest for the forthcoming numbers Of the
Planter, which will bring me an exposi-
of all such popular remedies as the one
described in line article above referred 10,
and .blud,reeth," :" together; perhaps, with
a Complete dissertation on ..boring for the
hollow hnrn,'' and "c1iting The murrain
ont of the tails of callle," which remedies
pronounce all at par, when compared
with such applications as reason, science,
and humanity require US to resort TO. Tru-
y we are enshrouded in darkness, and
veterinary ignorance may he said 10 oh
tain in our age and land, when we are re-
commended "lo cul two tendnns on each
side of The nasal bone. "for The releCof
simple inflammation Of the carancutu ZACH
rymaliSM In lbe name of-who ev-
er heard of such surgical operation?
Or who frat discovered the henefi:s aris-
inc from such burbarGus treatment, hut
some huneler. who, in HE inception of his
knowledge of the Physiology Of Vision.
began his devotion to- the "art divine"
by cuIling away The entire carnncufd ZACH
rymaliS with "A common jack knife! My
friend, "Fairliclj," is man of TOO much
good sense, III have thoroughly invesrisa-
ted The theory he was advanced, and pub
Iish the physiological inconsistencies con-
rained in his article. He has been sedu.
ced by "that operation." and be has let
creduIity gel he upper hand of his discri:
minaton in this plain matter of equine
anatomy. am no Doctor. nor even
well-read farmer, hut blindness inhorses
was so common on the place | was raj
sed. aud had so many opportunities of
seeing various operations performed, their
cruel excisious, that / earlyin life came to
the conclusion, that no horse Of mine
should never he subjected IN their tender
merciss. / have pursued The plan Of treat
nent which shall lay down at the eud
of this commandments in the mean
time, will attempt to show, in a simple
manuer, the inconsistency of The "cutting
Practice if iuhamed eyes. This will
do. by describing the true disease, and
The relative functions of some of the organs
of the eye.
The disease called Hooks" in all its
forms. is nothing more than the enlarge
ment of the caruncuta lachrymaLis, tvul-
garly called The masher of the eye,) which
enlargement, is caused by inflammation,
consequent 10 high feeding aud over exer.
else. This organ is, in the language OF a
renewed Physiolosist, ga collection OF
minute mucus follicles which secree a
thick. wbilish hunor," anu connected
with this gland, is the apparatus for secre-
ting the tears. which,. by lubricaling the
surface Of the eye, keeps i, in The necessa-
ry degree of humidity for the proper per.
formance of lis funeuons. 10 cut into
the nose, at the place. specified by Fair
field" would necessarily destroy the ma
sal duct, and by changing the seat of the
inflammation, usually, for a time, relieves
The exterior inflammation, (which results
from the noled principle of counler-rril a.
tiun) hut my experience has demonstrated
that this operation results in the complete,
or at least, the partial destruction of this
gland, and That the destruction of any
gland which ministers to the eye, lermin-
a,es in confirmed blindness, and the total
disorganizaIion ofthe eyeball. This treat
ment of couuler-irrilation, reminds me ol
the empire who, when called see a pa.
,ient, was asked by the sick man it he
"could tell him the nature of his disease?''
To which. Dr.. Galeu replied, 81 cau''
say what is the matter with you now, but
! have giuen' you medicine tOhich ,Dil
thro,O you into fits in less than tsOo hours
and am first rate on 6Is, lleIl YOU
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