DISEASES OF THE EYES. 109 



Method of removing a Film in the Eje. 



(RECIPE, No. 72.) 



Take — Sal araraoniao, two drachqas ; 



Tutty, prepared, and lump sugar, of each one 

 drachm ; 

 X Powder each article separately, then mix 

 them together, and put them in a bottle for 

 use. 



A small qnantity of this powder may be blown 

 into the eyci once or twjce a day. If this produce 

 not the desired effect, take an equal quantity of 

 burnt alum, and glass, in fine powder, and make 

 them into a stiff paste with hone}^, and apply the 

 size of a pea under the eyelid, once a day, until 

 the speck, or filrp, be removed ; afterwards bath^e 

 the eye twice a day with the eye- water (No. 68, 

 p. 105) until its strength is recovered. 



