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How to be ff a Horfe has Rheumy running Eyes, the Wa- 

 ^PP^X'^' ter will be of great Uie by putting it into them 

 Vv'arm, not only twice, but feveral Times a Day, 

 perhaps four or five Times : For the Tuyilca Cornea^ 

 or outward Part of the Eye is ( in thefe Cafes ) full 

 cf fmall Wounds or Ulcers like fo many Pin-Points, . 

 which require fomething drying and healing to be 

 applied pretty often, that the Lodgement of the 

 fharp Humour may not farther corrode its tender- 

 Fibres. 



Lafih^ I fhall for Variety fet down an Ointment- 

 for the fame Ufe as the Water, which I have known' 

 fucceed where that had failed. And I can attribute* 

 it to nothing more than the Ointments continuing' 

 longer upon the Eye, and not being fo foon wafhedi 

 off by the Moiilure and Movement of it. 



The Oint- Tah Lafis Calaminart's, and Tutty prepared a^ 

 r.ient lor ^;;^ ^^ p^^y ^g^ (hv grinding upon a Marllc^) of each' 

 fore£.yes. i^lf an Ounce ^ 'Roman Vitriol in Fo^vder, half a 

 Drachm j White Vitriol^ and Alum Calcined^ each 

 half an Ounce ; Camphire tti'o Drachns ; mix thefe 

 ruery woell in three Ounces of frejh Butter, and ap- 

 ply them <voarm thrice a Day 'with a Feather ; fo that 

 it aftually get into, or rather upon the Horny-Coat 

 of the Eye. And I "beg Leave to inforce this the 

 ftronger, becaufe moft People do not fufficiently 

 open the Eye-Lids when they apply Waters, Oint- 

 ments, l^c. foi the Cure of Rheumy or fore Eyes. 



1 have in my Notes upon Capt. Burdon's Pocket- 

 Farrier remark'd that the Captain was a little out 

 in his Calculation, v/hen he faid, " no Powders 

 ** ought ev€r to be put into a Horf^*s Eyes ; " and 

 fhew'd that the Water thofe Powders are mix'd v.'ith, 

 ferves only as a Vehicle to them, no more tlian the 

 Frelh-Butter in the Ointment jull: prefcribed ; fo 

 that in Fad it is the Powders which are the Eafis or 

 chief Thing in the Compofition. Nor is it avail- 

 able to fet down more Forms than thefe two, feeing 



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