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neral remedies must be used; it is a mistaken notion that ‘“ eye- 
waters,’ &c. are always proper and necessary; generally they do 
more hurt than good, and often ruin the eye by their irritatingeffect. - 
Purging and diluting medicines are not to be neglected. Cathar- 
tics draw the humors downwards from the head; and diluents and 
diaphoretics equalize the circulation, and take off the pressure from 
_ the head and eyes as well as throw out humors. “The patient ought 
_ also to drink freely of wine whey or buttermilk on going to bed 
_ of the inflammation does not yield to these evacuations, blister 
__‘Must be applied to the temples, behind the ears, on the face, 
_ the neck, and kept open for some time, by applying wilted cabbage 
___ leaves; or the blisters may be renewed. I have seldom knownthese, 
| Jong enough kept open, fail to remove the most obstinate inflam- 
_ Mation of the eyes. When the disease is of long standing, I have 
_ Seen extraordinary effects froma seton in the neck, or between the 
Shoulders. It should -be put upwards and downwards, or in the di- 
rection of the spine. figer ’ 
__-Sneezihg snufis, as bayberry bark, pulverized, should not be 
omitted. veg le ee gad : be 
__ ¥*or the purpose of allaying the heat and inflammation in the eyes, 
a fomentation of hops boiled in clean water, may-be used. . They 
Possess an anodyne quality, and give great relief; a poultice of them, 
pnt in a gauze bag, and laid warm over the eyes, on going to bed, is 
also an excellent help. Sydenham’s eye-water, for allaying inflam- 
“Mation was the following : one ounce each of the distilled waters of 
entain, roses, and frog spawn, and a drachm of white -yitriol, — 
ixed; a few drops to be dropped into the eyes twiceaday. This 
me y an excellent. “eye-water. ‘I'here are — 
_ ~Minds-ol eye-water, given inthe latter part of this work, which are 
excellent in their place, of which the practitioner must judge. Fora 
common topical inflammation of the eyes, I have used with good 
success as an external application, a decoction of witch-hazle bark 
with the addition ofa tenth of the quantity of “ balsam of life,” and 
a few grains of white vitriol. i orl 
After the inflammation has gone off, if the eyes still remain weak 
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