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of this hes was cere more remarkably evident; and, judging by 
thefe, we fhould fay, that eyes weakened by a long continued exer- 
tion, and thofe that are dim and watery, as in a fenile ftate, are the 
cafes in which Euphrafia promifes moft advantage; nor areold people — 
to defpair, for according to Hildanus* and Lanzonus’ feveral, at the 
age of feventy and ciety: years, were recovered almoft from entire 
blindnefs. 
But though the great reputation sitet Eyebright formerly fup- 
ported for feveral ages, muft have induced fome practitioners of later 
days to have tried its opthalmic power; yet we do not find a fingle 
inftance of its efficacy recorded in modern times. How far this 
remark ought to invalidate the pofitive teftimonies in its favour, we 
leave others to determine.* 
The Icelanders are faid to be in the conftant habit of ufing the 
juice of Euphrafia in all affetions of the eyes.‘ - ; 
In common with many other plants, ihe: Euphrafia ‘has alfo. been 
recommended in the jaundice. 
© V. cent. epift. n. 59: t, 
4 Oper. Omn, ed. 1738. Tom.'2. p. 394. ® 
The charafter of Euphrafia was not unknown to Milton: 
« then purged with euphrafy and rue, . 
The vifual nerve, for he had much to fee.” _ 
* Bergius fays, “¢ Ego ex propria: experientia nihil certi de hac herba adhuc fcio, fed 
tamen non {pernenda arbitror teftimonia prifcorum.”” ee 
£ Eggert Olafsen. Reife, Se. vel. i. pe 433. ae z 
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