lOS DISEASES OF THE EYES. 



Recipe — Mixture for Wounds about the Eye. 



mashes. All wounds on the eyelids must be care- 

 fully examined with a suitable probe, or with a 

 quill made smooth at the end, and afterwards 

 dressed with the following mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 71.) 



Take — Compound tincture of benzoin, two ounces; 

 Honey of roses, one ounce ; 

 Nitrous acid, from twenty to thirty drops : 

 ^i^ them in a bottle for use. 



This will be found very excellent for wounds 

 about so tender a part as the eye. The wound 

 must be dressed with a tent of fine tow, or lint, 

 dipt in the mixture, and introduced into the wound; 

 and, if swelled, the poultice (No. 70, p. 107) must 

 be applied over th^ part; or, in its stead, an equal 

 quaatity of elder and marshmallow ointments, 

 mixed together, and rubbed on the part affected. 

 If a film^ or slough, remain in the eye after the 

 above treatment, it may be removed by the appli- 

 cation of the following powders. 



