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Brandy . . _ _ 1 ounce. 



Vinegar . _ . _ 1 ounce. 



Tincture of Opium - - - 2 drachms. 



Rose Water - . - - 8 ounces. 

 Or— 



j^ther - - - - - 4 drachms. 



Infusion of Oak Baik - - 6 ounces. 



Or— 



Rose Water - - . - 6 ounces. 



Mindererus' Spirit - - - 3 ounces. 

 Introduce any of these by means of a small piece 

 of sponge or rag within the inner angle of the eye, 

 gently pressing in a little, which the action of the nic- 

 tating membrane, or haw will soon carry over the sur- 

 face. The cajeput oil has been tried with some benefit. 

 Gall, common salt, watery solutions of opium, of aloes, 

 and of ground ivy also, have all of them had their ad- 

 vocates. Mercurial courses, occasional physic, perio- 

 dical bleeding, and often repeated alteratives, have been 

 frequently tried alone, and all have as often failed. 



Swelled legs ivitk discharge. — In some instances, 

 with a general want of condition, the result of chronic 

 disease, inanition or of convalescence from acute di- 

 seases, there is great tumefaction of all the extremities, 

 which is apt to be followed by serous discharge from 

 several outlets. 



The curative plan in this case differs from the former, 

 and is more complicated, for we have to combat the 

 general debiUty by generous diet, in the form of speared 

 corn, malt mashes, with soihng in summer, and carrots, 

 &c., in winter. We must also endeavour to lessen the 

 water}^ deposit by very mild diuretics, by remedies de- 

 termining the serous parts of the blood towards the 

 skin in the form of perspiration, and sometimes also 

 by mild purges ; but the former are more certainly 



