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ulcers and venereal sores ; the fetid smell and unhealtny 

 appearance of which it speedily destroys. 



EYE-WATERS. 



Take of extract of lead, ten drops ; rose-water, six 

 ounces. Mix, and wash the eyes night and morning. 



Another. Take of extract of lead, ten drops ; spirits of 

 camphor, twenty drops ; rose-water, half a pint. Mix. 

 This eye- water is extremely useful in ophthalmia at- 

 tended with much inflammation. 



Another. Take of opium, ten grains; camphor, six 

 grains; boiling water, twelve ounces ; rub the opium and 

 camphor with the boiling water, and strain. This eye- 

 water abates the pain and irritation attendant on severe 

 cases of inflammation of the eyes. 



Another. Take of white vitriol, half a drachm ; spirits 

 of camphor, one drachm ; warm water, two ounces; rose- 

 water, four ounces. Dissolve the vitriol in the warm 

 water, and add the spirits of camphor and rose-water. 

 This is a useful eye-water in the chronic state of ophthal- 

 mia, or what is generally called weakness of the eyes, 

 after inflammation. 



COMPOUND COLOCYNTH PILLS. 



Take of pith of colocynth, cut small, six drachms ; aloes, 

 one ounce and a half; scammony, one ounce and a half: 

 cardamon seeds, husked and bruised, one drachm ; castile 

 soap, softened with warm water, so as to have a gelati- 

 nous consistence, three drachms ; warm water, one pint. 

 Digest the colocynth in the water, in a covered vessel, 

 with a moderate heat, for four days. To the liquor, ex- 

 pressed and filtered, add the aloes and scammony, sopa 

 rately, reduced to powder ; then evaporate the mixture 

 to a proper thickness for making pills, having added, to- 



