IMPROVED. 1^5^ 



Eye ; ) for the E) e-Lids, iffc. are not ftridly to be 

 accounted as Parts of the Eye. Therefore, I fay, 

 unlefs a Perfon will give himfelf the Trouble to 

 learn fomething of the Anatomy of the Eye, (which 

 may be done in an Hour's Time, ) he can never be 

 able to tell whether the Diftemper is inward or out- 

 ward. And I have often been furprized to fee the 

 pofitive Ignorance of Farriers, nay, even of fome 

 Surgeons, ( that friould know better, ) who, when 

 the Creature has lubour'd under the Diilemper calPd 

 a Cataradl, (which is an Affeftion of the Cryilal- 

 line Humour within the Globe of the Eye, ) have 

 been applying Eye-Waters, iffc. as if the Cornea or 

 outward Coat had been inflamed, and full of fmall 

 Ulcers. 



Mr. Gih/on fets down an Eye-Water of a blue ^'7'!'^ 



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Colour, for the Cure of Films occalioned from ^" t'h^CYre'^of 

 Inflammation of the Eye ; and the fame is a very FUms.' 

 good V/ater ; but one need not take the Trouble of 

 making it, for it is to be had at any Apothecary's 

 at two Pence an Oance ; only ask for Jqua Saphi- j[/j'^^,'^^^% 

 rhia or the blueiih Eye-Wr;cer. It is called Sa- ^'^ )'J■'^^ 

 phirinuy from the Refemblance in Colour to the 

 Saphire Stone. 



I fhall only recommend the Ointment prefcribed 

 for fore Eyes, Chap. 15, whenfoever a Horfe has 

 any Film or Speck, occafioned from the Sharpnefs 

 of Rheum or the like, falling upon his Eyes : But 

 then, I would be underitood to ufe it when the 

 Diftemper is new or Recent; for it will (to my 

 Knowledge, ) both cleanfe and heal the little Sores 

 with fafety : But if the Film or white Skin upon 

 the Eye be of long Handing, or what we call a Ci- 

 catrix or Scar from the Healing of a Wound of 

 the Eye ; I fay, if this be the Cafe, I very much 

 queflion whether any Thing v/ill be able effeftually 

 to remove it, notwithilanding there are many Nos- 

 trums for the purpole. And if any Good be done, 

 it muft be from the Ufe, nay long continued Ufe, c^ 

 fuch Things, as by their Roughnefs and Solidity 



(when 



