,X)fthe Difeafes of the EYES. loi 



which poffibly may often be here- 

 ditary. 



We fhall thus be able to form a proper 

 judgment when wafhes, and external ap- 

 plications, are really ufeful, and to be 

 depended on •, and when it is not only ab- 

 furd to apply them, but even extremely 

 pernicious. 



In all recent diforders of the eye from The cure 

 external injuries, fuch as blows, bices, &c. of exter- 

 attended with a fwclling of the lid, and a nal inju- 

 running fr(>m the eye, you mufl firft '"^^^* 

 fponge the part often with cold fpring 

 ^ water and vinegar; and if much fwelled 

 bleed immediately, and apply over it a 

 poultice made of the pulps of roafted or 

 boiled apples, cleared from their feeds 

 and hufks ; or of confervt of rofes and 

 vinegar, with a little bole, and the white 

 of an egg. When the fwelling is abated, 

 either of the following wafhes will com.- 

 plete the cure. 



TAKE white vitriol, half an ounce, a cooling 

 fugarof lead two drams ; diflblve in eye-water 

 a pint of fpring water; to which 

 may occafionally be added, when 

 the rheum is very great, and in- 

 H 3 flam- 



