of the Blfeafes of theY.\ "^ S. 113 



may cirtulace freely through the minuted 

 vefTels, particularly thofe of the eye, 

 which are exquifitely fine ; and when 

 the blood is in a vifcid flate, may be fup- 

 pofed eafiiy retarded in its circulation 

 through them; the confequence of which, 

 if not foon removed, when once fixed, 

 will be an immediate obftruirdon, and of 

 coDrfe occafion total blindnefs. 



Tying up the temporal arteries is by Obferva- 

 fome much commended, efpecially in ^^^ns. 

 full eyes ; for by this means the circu- 

 lation of the blood to them is greatly 

 impeded : but to flat deprefled eyes this 

 operation muft be injurious, as it would 

 deprive them of their necefTary nourifh- 

 ment, and tying up the veins would 

 feem here the mofl: proper. But the 

 taking up the veins where the eyes are 

 full, muft for the moft part prove hurt- 

 f»jl, by cutting off the channels which 

 fliould convey the blood and juices from 

 them into the courfe of circulation, and 

 confequendy increale the diltcmperj in- 

 Head of abating it. 



The haws is a fwelling and fpunginefs The haws 

 that grows in the inner corner of the eye, ^'^^^* 

 fo large fometimes as to cover a part of 

 the eye. The operation here is eafiiy 



I perforn:* 



