iio . Of the Difeafes of the EYES, 



ing on the lid may afterwards be bathed 

 with a fponge dipt in equal parts of lime 

 and Hungary water, mixed together : the 

 cooling phyfick, p. i8, fhould be given 

 every fourth day till the eye becomes clear, 

 and recovers its ufual brightnefs. The foU 

 lowing alfo is very proper phyfick for this 

 . purpofe : 



TAKE lenitive eleftuary, and cream 

 of tartar, of each four ounces; Glau- 

 ber's falts, three ounces 5 fyrup of 

 buckthorn, two ounces. 



"When the weeping is by thefe means 

 removed, the alterative powders (ch. xxi.) 

 Ihould be given every day, till two or 

 three pounds are taken, and, after an in- 

 terval of three months, the fame courfe 

 ihould be repeated. This method has 

 often been attended with good fuccefs, 

 where the eyes have been full, and no 

 way perifhed; in that cafe bathe or fo- 

 ment them with the following, twice a 

 day. 



TAKE crude fal arnioniac two drams, 

 difTolve it in a pint of lime-water, 

 and add to it four ounces of brandy, 

 ©r Hungary water, 



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