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is given is more or lefs pointed or fharp. But if 

 the Blow or Stroke be given with an obtufe or 

 blunt Inilrument, then the Parts adjacent to the 

 Cornea, as well as thofe within the Globe of the 

 Eye, may be concerned, infomuch that the very 

 Blood-VelTels which nourifn the Iris, Cryftalline, 

 ^c. may be broken, and the whole Eye gulh full 

 of Blood in an Inftant. Nay, I have known it 

 happen from the Stroke of a blunt Inftrument, fuch 

 as a Cane or the handle of a Whip, ( which pafiio-' 

 nate People are but too apt to make ufe of, ) that 

 the very Cryftalline Humour of a Horfe's Eye has 

 been forced out of its Capfula or little Bag, and ei- 

 ther fallen down to the Bottom of the Aqueous Hu- 

 mour, or advanced forward through the Hole of the 

 Irisy which is, what People (though improperly) 

 term the Sight of the Eye ; and which fcevcr of 

 thefe is the Cafe, is not to be remedied by Art ; fo 

 Honey of Hoijey of Rofesy ^vith a little Spring Water, and the 

 Roles and WJnte of an Egg, mixed together, and applied nvith a 

 V^'^'^^^Q^n^.^eather, is, in my Opinion, as good as any Thing 

 gainit In-' ^^^ one can appl}^, to afiwage the Inflammation, 

 liamniatinn ^c. 



of thcEyes, Mr. Gihfon talks of Plantain-Water, or Rofe- 

 Br"ks.2<c. W^t^^' but thefe Kinds of diftilled Waters, with 

 ' ' many more which are obtained from Herbs, and 

 fuppofed in their Nature cooling, have not any Vir- 

 tue more than the Pump-Water. And therefore, the 

 common Trick of Apothecaries fubftituting it in- 

 The Tnfig- ftead of Plantain- Water, is no harm at all ; There- 

 riticancy nffoj-e, if this or the like were the greateft of their 

 Roic-watcr, jj^pofitions, I fhould never blame them, whatever 

 v!'-^^'c?^£vC Notions the good old Houfe-keepers may entertain 

 '*' '' ' of Plantain, Rofe, or Hyflop-Waters, with at leall 

 forty more of the fame Tribe. 



It is very poiTible for a Horfe to get fuch a Bruife 

 or Crufli upon his Eye, in calling or throwing over, 

 (efpecially if any Stone or other hard and unequal 

 Body lie'in the Way, ) that the Humours, which 

 OJght to be in their dillindt and fcparatc Coverings, 



may 



