Of the Dlfeafes of theE YE 5. 107 



Let It be remembered, that is has long Proper 

 been obferved in praclice, that the eye '^^^"<''^5» 

 in its firft ftate of inflammation is fo-very 

 tender, that the eye waters prepared with 

 tutty, and other powders, aggravate the 

 diforder; confequently, during this (late, 

 the tindlures of vegetables, and folutions 

 of falts, are greatly preferable. 



Wounds of the eye may be drefled with Wounds 

 honey of rofes alone, or with a little fugar of the 

 of lead mixed with it, adding thereto, ^y®' ^^^ 

 after a few days, an eighth part of tindlure^*^^ 

 of myrrh ; all the preceding diredlions in ^ 



regard to inflammation being attended to, 

 efpecially bleeding, rowels, and gentle 

 cooling phyfick. 



When the humours of the eye are Obferva- 

 thickened, and the diforder is within the '^°"* 

 globe, fliarp external applications are not 

 only ufelefs, but extremely detrimental, 

 by the irritation they occafion, and con- 

 fequently Ihould be avoided. 



In all cafes of this fort, whether moon 

 eyes, which are only cataradts forming, 

 or in confirmed ones attended with a weep- 

 ing, general evacuations, with internal 

 i^lteratives, can only take place. Let us 



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