244 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
ANOTHER WASH FOR INFLAMED Eyes, &o.— 
Distilled or Soft Spring Water .......... One ounce. 
Tincture of Myrrh (Simple or Compound) Two drachms. 
Mix and use as the last. 
It may be made weaker or stronger as circumstances 
require. 
CHAPTER ON THE LAWS OF LIFE, 
HEALTH, Etc. 
Before entering upon the most important part of our work, 
namely, the treatment of diseases, we think it needful to 
devote a few pages to lay before our readers some facts 
that, we trust, will be useful. While it is not absolutely 
necessary for even a person in practice to know all about the 
human frame, still it will help all to understand better how to 
prescribe for sickness, which, in most cases, is due to some or 
one of the organs not working according to nature. For this 
purpose we giveashort chapteronanatomyand physiology. The 
first of these sciences consists in knowing the various parts of 
the body ; the second in knowing the object and working of the 
organs and fluids of the system. As prevention is better than 
cure, the following pages will point out the means to do this. 
There are many who in health will refuse to give these things 
any consideration, thinking that they may never need medicine. 
This is a great folly, for ‘“ knowledgeis power;” it will enable 
us to act in conformity with the laws of health, and thus ward 
off sickness, and if we are amongst the few who pass through 
this world of suffering with little or no trouble, we will still 
have the power of doing good to our less fortunate fellow- 
