156 DB. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



DosB — One tea-spoonful 4 times daily. His cure was effected in 5 weeks, and 

 very satisfactory. 



3. Weak Eyes, Mild Eemedy for.— Put 1 dr., or a tea-spoonful, 

 each of spirits of camphor and laudanum into a 4 oz. vial and fill with rose- 

 water. Shake and apply as often as needed. Rain water will do. Shaken 

 when used, works very satisfactory. 



4. Another Mild Eye-Water — For Children. — Take 1 oz. of 

 elder flowers and steep in % pt. of soft water (steep in an earthen dish); strain, 

 and add % tea-spoonful of laudanum. Keep in a cool place, and use as needed. 



Remarks. — If the eyes are painful, wet soft cloths with this, and bind on at 

 night. If of long standing or chronic, make a tea of the elder flowers and 

 drink, or give to children in these cases, to cleanse the blood. 



5. Weak Eyes, Wash for. — Some writer for weak eyes- says: " Bathe 

 your eyes night and morning in a tolerably strong solution of common table salt 

 and water. We have known some remarkable cures effected by this simple 

 remedy. After bathing the eyes daily for about a week, intermit a day or two; 

 then resume the daily bathing, and so on till your ej'es get strong again." 



6. Eyes, Acute Inflammation of— Valuable Remedy.— For an 

 acute inflammation of the eyes I know of nothing better than to take the white 

 of an egg, in a tin cup, and beat into it thoroughly about )^ a teaspoon of pow- 

 dered alum; set on the stove to heat, and stir constantly till it curdles; then 

 strain off the whey, breaking up the curd and putting it upon a cloth, and lay 

 upon the eye ; and as it becomes dry, take it off and fold the cloth around it to 

 keep the curd together; re-wet it, by putting it into the whey, drain off the sur- 

 plus whey, and re-apply. This may be done 2 or 3 times; then make more, if 

 needed, and use the same way, until the inflammation subsides; after which 

 any of the eye waters, reduced with water to be very mild, may be used to 

 strengthen the eyes. I have used this in just this way, upon my own eye, with 

 entire success. If the inflammation should continue long, take some salts or 

 cream of tartar, or the sulphur mixture as in No. 2 for "Catarrhal Ophthalmia." 

 t see this alum cure is recommended, in about the same way, for sprains. 

 I have not used it upon them; yet, as a sprain produces an inflammation, I think 

 It will prove valuable there also. 



7. Eyes, to Remove Iron and Steel from. — Iodine, 2 grs.; 

 iodide of potash, 12 grs. ; soft water, 3 ozs. 



Remarks. — Accidents are often occurring to millers, while picking the mill- 

 stones, by a small bit of steel from the pick penetrating into the coating of the 

 eye. Dr. T. B. King, of Toledo, an old English physician, referred to several 

 times in this work, informs me that he has cured several cases with this prepa- 

 ration. I have had no opportunity to test it since I obtained it, but had one 

 just before, which I was relating to the " Old Doctor," when he gave me this. 

 He says, by putting one or two drops of it into the eye a few times, the steel or 

 iron will be loosened in 24 hours. Then let no one fail to try it, as soon as 

 needed. 



