6$. The ParrierV Ne'w Guide. Chap. XXI. 



they are hurt by fharp frofty Winds, or the like ; if thefe 

 Diforders do not wear off immediately upon Reft, as is 

 ufual, then the Eye ought to be look'd intoj and if there 

 be any bit of fliarp Sand or Gravel (ticking to either An- 

 gle, it Ihould be wip'd out with a bit of very fine Spunge^ 

 cut fmali at the Point, and tyM with a wax'd Thread to 

 the End of a Stick ; if there is nothing to be feen, the moll 

 fimple and eafy things in the Beginning will go nigh to 

 relieve them, and recover them to their ufual Strength 

 and Vigour, as a little Plantain and Red-rofe Water, or 

 the Leaves of Plainlain and Red-rofes boil'd in Water, 

 wafliing the Eyes with the Decodion three or four times 

 a Day Blood-warm. 



But when a Horfe receives a Wound or Blow on the 

 Eye, or fo near as to caufe an Inflammation in the Eye, 

 ^, P _ f the firft thing to be done in this Cafe is. 

 Wound or Blo^v. ^^ ^P^" ^^^ Neck-vein, taking from thence 

 a moderate Quantity of Blood ; and this I 

 rather chufe than opening that near the Eye; becaufe when 

 the Neck- vein is opened, it will not caule fo great a Deri- 

 vation towards the Eye, as when the Eye-vein is opened ; 

 for when an Orifice is made too near the afFeded Part, the 

 Blood is apt to ilow in an over-great Qiiantity, towards that 

 PaTt, as we have already obferv'd in another Place ; and 

 the Eyes being in a dependent Pofition, as they are fituated 

 in the lower ftirt of the Forehead, the Blood therefore falls 

 by a very eafy defcent into them. 



After Bleeding the Eye may be look'd 4nto, but if it 

 be fo much fweli'd that it cannot eafily be open'd, as it 

 often falls out, becaufe of the immediate Flux of Blood 

 into the Eyelids ; then the following Application may be 

 made, viz. 



'* Take Conferve of Red-rofe.^ fpread it pretty thick 

 '' on a Pledgit of fine Flax, or clean Hurds, and lay it 

 " over the Eye, applying at the fame time above the Eye- 

 '' pits, and about the Temples, Flax dipped in a Charge 

 *' made with Vinegar, the white of an Egg, and Bole- 

 '^ armoniack ; this by allaying the Heat, will put a Check 

 *' to the Blood, and hinder it from flowing too fail to- 

 *' wards the Eye. 



The whole Drefling ought to be coverM with a Bandage 

 about four or five Indies Broad ; this may be made o^ 

 pretty thick, but foft Canvas, Ilitcl/d to the upper Part of • 

 liie Collar, fo . as to cover the Hiilf of the Face i when 



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