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torn all the ooloan of the rainbow, Tin- applicar i immediately after the 



the blow will stop tin- efl'usion of Mood, and diminish the extent of the 

 fcion, A told of sol't lint dipped iu cold water and laid on the eye will 

 answer tin- purpose admirably, or we may use an evaporating lotion made by 

 addii ml a half miners of rectified spirit to half a pint of water. Small 



wrapped in india rubber or oiled-silk answer well. From time im- 

 memorial, special virtues have lieen ascribed to raw beef-steak in the treatment of 

 Mack eve, lut on what grounds we do not know. Tincture of arnica is an admirable 

 application. It may be painted round the eye with a small camel's-hair brush, or 

 twentv drops of the tincture may be added to half a cupful of cold water, and used as 

 >n. The arnica should be used as quickly after the receipt of the blow as 

 le. When the discoloration lias already commenced we prefer a hamamelis 

 de by adding one part of tincture of hamamelis to six p arts of water. It 

 should be applied on lint, and covered with oiled-silk. An infusion of rosemary is often 

 n-M-d for the same purpose. A remedy employed by pugilists is a poultice of black 

 iy-root. It is made by mixing the root, scraped line, with a little bread poultice ; 

 this is placed over the eye, and allowed to remain there for some hours. It has an 

 excellent effect in removing the discoloration. The black bryony grows in hedges 

 and thickets all over the country, but in London the root is not always easily obtained. 

 Some of the large chemists keep it, whilst sometimes it may be met with in Covent 

 ( larden. In the absence of the root, the bread poultice might be mixed with tincture 

 of bryony. which can be had from any chemist. It is often proposed to puncture the 

 discoloured part and let out the blood, but this should never be done, for the blood 

 is el -it ted, and would not flow out, and there would be risk of matter forming or 

 cry si i ing in. It is often supposed that prize-fighters have some special means 



of dispersing the signs of their recent encounters, but it does not appear that they use 

 any tiling beyond the raw beef-steak and the bryony poultice. It must be remembered 

 that these people are young and hardy and in good condition, so that naturally the 

 processes of absorption and reparation are carried on quickly. Moreover, their ex- 

 hibitions their span-ing matches and so on are usually given by gaslight, when 

 any discoloration would be easily overlooked. There are people called "artists in 

 black eyes," who, for a half-crown or five-shilling fee, in a few minutes, by the aid of 

 a box of paints, remove all signs of injury. These gentlemen can be heard of by 

 application to the inspector at the police station. Information on the subject will 

 be found in Dickens's " Dictionary of London." 



/Him'* on ///, Kye may injure the sight, or even totally destroy it. People have 

 been blinded before now by a cork flying from a soda-water bottle, and a lash from 

 a whip may produce equally disastrous results. The exact nature of the injury could 

 not be made out without a thorough examination, and skilled advice should be sought 

 without delay. The injury may give rise to bleeding in the interior of the eye, to 

 cataract, laceration of the parts, and other serious conditions, requiring careful watching 

 and judicious treatment. Indirect injury to the eye sometimes results from blows 

 or falls on the head. 



Foreign Bod'n-* rn the Eye. This subject will be found fully discussed in 

 DOMESTIC SI-IK;KKY, and the directions there given should be followed. Sand, 



