yz The ParrierV Ne-:JJ Guide. Chap. XXII. 



" Take Camomile and Red-rofe Leaves, of each half a 

 '' handful, boil them in a Pint of Water till a Fourth part 

 " be confumed, ftrain the Decodlion, and add to it a Dram 

 " of Caniphire, firft dillblv'd in a Spoonful of Brandy." 

 Let your Horfe's Eyes be moiitened therewith two or three 

 Times a Day. 



Or the following Remedies may be ufed, which will 

 be of equal Ser' ice in all Cafes where there is a De- 

 fluxion of Rheum, or where there is only an Inflam- 

 mation. 



" Take white Vitriol two Pounds, Roch-allum three 

 " Pounds, fine Bole-annoniack half a Pound, Litharge of 

 '* Gold or Silver two Ounces'* Reduce ail the Ingredient;? 

 to Powder, and put them into a new glaz'd earthen Pot, 

 with three quarts of Water, boil them very gently over 

 a fni^ll Fire without Srnoke, fet ecjually round the Pot, 

 till the Water be evaporated, and the Matter at the Bottom 

 perfeftly dry ; then remove the Pot frorn the Fire, and 

 fufFer the Matter to cool, Avliich ought tq be hard, and 

 ■will grow ftill harder the longer it is kept. This is called 

 0e Lapis mirabilisy or wonderful Stone. 



*' Put half an Ounce of this Stone in a Glafs Bottle, 

 f * with Four Ounces of Water, it will be diflblved in a 

 *' quarter of an Hour, and make the Water as white as 

 *' Milk, when you fhake the Bottle ; you mult wa{h the 

 *' fore Eye Morning and Evening with the Water or So- 

 f lution". A Solution thus made will keep twenty 

 Days. 



This I have taken from the Sieur de Solleyfell, who 

 gives the following Accourit of it i and doubtlefs it mull 

 ^e very good. 



*' Some Apothecaries (fays he) keep this Stone in their 

 *' Shops, and make Ufe of it for Men j and as for me, I 

 ** ufe it for Horfes, nor ever feek any other Remedy for 

 ^' Rheums, Blows, or Moon-eyes. Every Man that is 

 *' Mailer of a Horfe, ought to keep fome of it by him, 

 " for it will keep very good long ; and there are few Re- 

 ** medies for the Eyes that are not inferior to it. 



Many of this Kind might be added, but w-e fliall con» 

 tent ourlelves in this Place by inferting one more, which 

 has been us'd with equal Succels both to Man and Beaft; 

 ^nd has been recommended' for fuch Intentions by one of 

 fhe belt Judges i and is as follows, 



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