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also venture to hint, that he would have done wisely in having 

 got a friend to revise the proofs of his little book, as the num- 

 ber of misprints deforms the pages of an otherwise neatly 

 printed work. The fault of the book is, that the author has 

 spoilt it by endeavouring to give some account of every thing : 

 if Dr. Wise had confined himself to a few subjects of in- 

 terest, his work would have been much more valuable. 



We have already alluded to the absence of statistical in- 

 formation on eye diseases in this country ; surely this want 

 might be remedied, and a good deal of useful information 

 gleaned by a comparison of the annual reports of the Super- 

 intendents of the Eye Infirmary, and an analysis of their 

 returns. 



We append some native receipts for eye remedies, which 

 may be of interest to some of our readers, and which we owe 

 to the kindness of Dr. Nicolson. 



Eye Ointments from Br. Cochrane, President Medical Board. 



Take of opium, 3 v. 



Burnt alum, 3ij. 



Cloves, number two. 



Fresh Neem leaves four or five. 



Reduce the opium, burnt alum and cloves to very fine powder, to 

 which add the Neem leaves extremely well bruised, and with a suffi- 

 cient quantity of lime juice mix intimately the whole into an epithem, 

 of the consistence of thick cream. 



With this the outside of the eyelids is to be besmeared once or 

 twice a day, though it is often likewise introduced between them 

 on the inflamed ball of the eye itself with prodigious effect. It 

 should be washed off every morning with a weak solution of opium 

 in water. 



Another. — Take of opium, burnt alum and Rashout,* of each 

 one pice weight, and one clove. 



* Amomum Antkorrhizium. 



