78 TheTAnRUK^s New Guide. Chap. XXIII. 



rounds it near the Corner towards the Nofe, you are after- 

 wards to give the Thread to Ibme skilful Perfon to hold, 

 that the Eyelid may be kept open ; and by this means the 

 Excrefcence will fairly appear. The Operator muft then, 

 by the help of a fine Hook, take hold of the upper Part of 

 the Excrefcence, and draw it upwards, that he may fee all 

 Parts to which it adheres, and with a very fine Inftrument 

 feparate firft above from the Eye-ball, and then below from 

 the under Eyelid ; and if it grows pretty far backwards 

 towards the outer Corner of the Eye, another Thread ought 

 to be drawn through the under Eyelid, about its middle, 

 pafling the Needle alfo under the Griftle, that by holding 

 back the Eyelid, it may be the more eafily feparated from 

 thence : And when it has been in this Manner freed from 

 all its Adhefions, both above and below, it mult be cut as 

 near as poflible to the Inner Corner and Bottom of the Eye, 

 drying up the Blood and Moifture with a foft Sponge. 



This Operation is perform'd by the French., and fome Ita- 

 lian Farriers, but feldom or never by the EngUJh^ unlefs 

 -when there is an Ungius^ which is a hard, membranous, or 

 rather cartilaginous Subftance, growing to the inner Corner 

 of the Eye, which almolt every Smith can take off, by paf- 

 fing a Needle thro' the upper Part of it ; and when they 

 have puird it gently out by the Thread, they cut it off with 

 a fharp Inftrument, or Sciffars, and that is what our Farriers 

 call cutting out the Haw ; and this is indeed a more eafy, 

 and perhaps a more neceffary Operation than the other. 



After the Operation has been thus perform'd, the Eye may 

 be wafh'd with red Wine, or Jqua vitce ; and to prevent 

 a frefli Inflammation, which will readily enough happen 

 after Cutting, a reftringent Charge made with Vinegar, 

 Bole-Armoniack, i^c. may be apply'd over the Eye and 

 Temples, until iuch time as it comes to be in good tem- 

 per ; and a little Honey of Rofes may be fometimes dropt 

 into the Eye warm, which will bring the Matter to a good 

 Digeftion ; but if there be the leaft Appearance of a frefh 

 Excrefcence, which is not uncommon in thofe moift Parts, 

 and efpeclally where they cannot be kept down by the Ap- 

 plication of Bandages, then recourfe muft be had to the 

 Vitriol Water, or the Solution of the Lapis MirabiUs in- 

 ferted in the foregoing Chapter ; and in the mean while the 

 Eye muft be as little as poffible expos*d to the Light. By 

 all which means a great Check will be put to the Humours, 

 and their Conflux will be much lefs for the Time to come. 



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