4g6 ON DISEASES OF THE EY£S, 



dlfagreeable fenfation communicated to ih& 

 optic nerves, from the glare of light occafioned 

 by the refieftion of the fun upon the ice and 

 fnow. On my return home, taking up a book, 

 I was extremely fhocked to find I had loft all 

 diftinft vifion with my weakeft eye, which I 

 have not yet regained, nor ever (hall. I men- 

 tion this matter merely to inform thofe who 

 may be in the fame unlucky predicament, of an 

 eye-water which is in conftant ufe with me as 

 a ftrengthener, and which is always ready at 

 my elbow. Goulard^s Extra8 feven drops ; 

 foft water, one ounce. Apply it to the corner 

 of the eye, and between the lids with the fin- 

 ger, wiping it afterwards from the furrounding 

 Ikin, which it is othervvnfe apt to draw into 

 wrinkles, if conflantly ufed. If by accident I 

 make it ftronger, it never fails to irritate and 

 inflame, and lays me under the neCeffity of 

 difcondnuing it awhile, and of ufmg fimple 

 water as a cooler. In cafe of humour or in- 

 flammation, add a fmall tea-fpoonful of brandy 

 or old Madeira. 



Opthalmy, or Inflammation of the 

 Eye, is always fufficiently vifible. The Eye- 

 lid is clofed, fwollen, and weeps ; the ball is 

 inflamed, and the veffels filled with ffagnant 

 blood appear very plain upon the coat. It is 

 firft neceffary to inveftigate the caufe, fince it 

 mav be merely the intruhon of fome fmall' ex- 



traneous 



