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fcribes. However, this is not the fole remedy-to which 

 1 am indebted, not indeed for a complete, but yet for 

 a competent ufe of my eyes ; though I muft confefs> 

 that without this all regimen for my eyes would have 

 been of no avail. This I have lately experienced, when, 

 being on a journey, and having left my eye-baths be- 

 hind, I was obliged to omit the practice for feveral 

 days. My eyes, without any other caufe, immediately 

 grew worfe. From an experience of fix years I have 

 learnt what diet I mult keep for avoiding pains in the 

 eyes, and for preferring them in a proper ftate for ne- 

 ceffary purpofes. In this matter I have brought myfel£ 

 to a great degree of ability, except indeed that I cannot" 

 entirely avoid all lively emotions of mind which as rea- 

 dily fet my blood in violent agitation, as the drinking 

 of fpirituous liquors would do, other wife I can fcarcely 

 venture to read any more. However, my eyes mult 

 always do penance for the pleafure I receive from the 

 intereft I take in every event, whether real or imagi- 

 nary, that concerns myfelf or my fellow-creatures. 



Wine I mufl ufe in great moderation, and never go 

 beyond three glafTes, if I would not feel prickings and 

 burnings in the eyes. Rheniili wine does me no harm, 

 but french wine is poifon to the eyes, let it be ever fc» 

 good. I have weaned myfelf entirely from the ufe of 

 coffee. A cold floor or pavement inevitably occaficns 

 me pains in the eyes, and therefore I cover my floors 

 with carpets, and wear locks ; but on my journies I al- 

 ways draw on a pair of fur-boots over my leathern ones. 

 1 may not keep my head too warm ; for this alfo lias a 

 confiderable influence on my eyes. With all this, I do 

 not find that great fulnefs of blood in any degree con- 



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