lOO Of DISEASES OF the EYES. 



Or this for the SAME, 



Take Soft Soap and Brandy, and rub the part allli6lcd, lirfb 

 with the one and then with the other, for fix or eight times 

 each of them, then cover that part up with hot Horfe-muck 

 out of the mixen and a blanket. 



Another for the SAME, 



Take Oil of Turpentine and Linfeed Oil of each half a pint, 

 Saltpetre in fine powder two ounces. Oil of Camomile two 

 ounces, Oil of Petre one ounce, and Roch Allum in fine 

 powder one ounce, all mixed together for ufe. Rub the part 

 afflicted with the above and cover it up, as before dire6i:ed. 

 And if the above doth not difperfe the fwelling you may de- 

 pend that the part is collecling or forming matter underneath, 

 and if fo, you mull open the part, the bell way for a drain to 

 difcharge the matter off. Then treat the wound in all re- 

 fpefts as a Green Wound or Ulcer; as I have mentioned 

 before in the Section upon Wounds in General, fee page 81, 

 and obferve the precautions there mentioned, in all refpeds. 



Seftion, 36. 



Of DISEASES of the EYES. 



A S for Hurts or Bites and Wounds in the Eyes, they are 

 ■^^^ all as accidents, and mufh be treated as fymptoms ap- 

 pear ; but as for Rheums and Inflammations, they all proceed 

 from the infirmity of the Eyes: fuch as Moon-eyes and Cata- 

 racts. The Moon-eyes are great flaring goggling Eyes, and 

 as they arc ruled by the ebb and flow of the Moon, they fee 



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