OF THE EYES. 385 



Take beft white wine vinegar half a pint; 



Spring water a quarter of a pint ; 



Bed brandy a wine glafs or half a gill. — Mix. 



A wound upon any of the external parts, 

 occafioiied by an inftrument or fevere bite, 

 muft be treated as directed under that head. 

 The above compofitions are properly adapted 

 to every purpofe for which they are prefcribed; 

 nor can more powerful or efficacious repellents 

 or aftringents be applied to thofe parts, unlefe 

 by the rude hands and ruder heads of unculti- 

 vated adventurers and defperate praditioners. 



The former elaborate and deftruftive com- 

 pofitions of corrofive powders, blended with 

 greafy fubflances, in the form of unguents, as 

 well as the poifonous lotions, are long fince 

 exploded, as totally inadequate to the purpofes 

 for which they were fo learnedly difplayed ; 

 even that infallible of all infallibles, the great 

 fecret of Sir Hans Sloane, is at length bu- 

 ried in oblivion, and has given place to more 

 modern improvements. In all cafes where the 

 globe and pupil of the eye retain their tranf- 

 parency, fubjed only to furrounding inflani- 

 C c mation^ 



