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it is called. But the trials I had hitherto made of this 

 method were unattended with any good effects ; partly 

 becaufe my eyes were too tender to admit of it, and 

 therefore were only the more enflamedat every attempt, 

 and partly beeaufe I had not yet made fufficient experi- 

 ments for underflanding all the little artifices and pre- 

 cautions, which, as I learnt afterwards were neceffary 

 to be employed. Thefe I fhall defcribe by and by ; at 

 prefent I return to the advice of the frifeur juft 

 mentioned. 



I accordingly adopted the method prefcribed of the 

 white bread foaked in water ; and foon perceived that 

 it did me good. However, not till after I had made 

 various lefs ufeful attempts, did I experience the bene- 

 fit of this remedy to its utmoft extent. One while I 

 failed by leaving the bread too long upon the eyes, and 

 thus increafed the inflammation by the preliure of it ; 

 at another I difcovered that I had laid it on too early in 

 the morning, omitting to wait till the eyes were com~ 

 pieatly cleanfed from the moifture they had collected 

 during the night. Then again I defeated the effects 

 of this remedy by committing prejudicial mi flakes in 

 the way and manner in which the eyes were afterwards 

 to be dried. All thefe circumitances had likewife for- 

 merly been the caufe of my perceiving fo fmall and 

 frequently fuch noxious effects from the bathing of 

 the eyes in cold water. 



A continued ufe of this remedy made me by degrees 

 more expert in the mode of applying it; and, as I 

 became richer in experience, and governed myfelf ac- 

 cordingly, the benefit T received from it proportionably 

 increafed. I reckon it a duty incumbent upon me cir - 



cumftantially" 



