278 FLORA HOMC:OPATHICA, 
Locatitres..—On heaths, downs, and on mountainous mea- 
dows, common. 
Parts UseD IN Mepicinz, AND Mops or PREPARATION.— 
The Whole Plant, gathered in July. The expressed juice is to 
be mixed with equal parts of alcohol. It is, however, so viscid, 
that it is generally necessary, after beating the Euphrasia into a 
smooth and homogeneous paste, to mix it with a small quantity 
of the same alcohol, in order to extract the juice. 
PuystotocicaL Errecrs.—On Man. Lobel states that it 
produces inflammation of the eyes, and that a friend of his 
nearly lost his eyesight by the use of it. 
Langhammer states that it produces violent headache, with 
pressive, shooting pains; with dimness of sight and myopia; 
engorgement of the vessels of the sclerotic; painful pressure 
and lachrymation in the eyes; sense of constriction in the 
superior eyelids, with painful rheumatic feelings in different 
parts of the face; enuresis; painful sensations in the lower 
extremities, with lassitude over the whole body, accompanied 
by frequent cold; the sleep interrupted by frequent, anxious 
dreams. 
Other observers, viz. F. Hahnemann and Wislicenus, have 
noticed similar effects. 
Menicat Usrs (Hommoratuic).—Hahnemann remarks, that 
it was not without reason that this plant received the name it 
bears, and that it has fallen into unmerited disuse in the present 
day. 
Cuinicat Osservations.—Noack and Trinks (op. cit.): Bad 
consequences from contusions, blows, and falls (as far as the 
eyes are concerned) (Jahr). Scrofulosa mucosa (Leon Simon). 
Blenorrhea oculorum (Diegs, Lobethal). Catarrhal, rheu- 
matic, and scrofulous ophthalmia, the greater the segregation 
of mucus, the more appropriate the remedy (Lobethal). In- 
flammation of the eyes from smoke (Frank). Ophthalmia. — 
Swelling and agglutination of the lids. Ichorous and bloody 
discharge from the eyes. Running catarrh in the day; ob- — 
