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Mr Gibron, rrom nis own cxperienee, rceommeods
\be foJlowing, with whieh alone he has Cueeeeded io mon
<ommon cabo
TAK Etwo drams o( rofe·buds, in(uCe them in half a
pint of boiling
~'ateri
when cold, pour ol!' the io·
fur, oo, aod add tO it tweDly gl aios of fugor of
Je.d.
This i, to be uCed as Ihe former; but the quaotity of
rogar of lead may omfiooaJly be ioereafed.
Sometimes from the violeoce of the inftammation, (ue·
<eeding blows, aad exteroal injuries, the eoats of the
eye fIl.1I loCe their mnfpareney, Ihiekeo, and IUrn wliite,
or pearl.colour ; in the lamr caCe, the horCe has Come
glimmeringof light; in the former, he is bliad while the
eye continues in this nate.
If the horCe be flefhy aod of a groCs connitulion, bleed·
ing may be repealed, and a rowel will be neeelfary : let bis
.diet be Ccalded brao or barley; avoiding for fome days
ORl!,
b(Qos, or any thing hard
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chew.
The cooling opening drink, (p. 547. col.
r.
par.
l.)
fhould be given every other day, which will aofwer better
than _Ioetie
purg~.
If the eye·lid6 continue fweJled aod moill, and !he uo·
de! fide of Ibe eye ioftamed, ao ouoee of honey may be
'1ldded to fou.r ouoces of the abCYfe water! i or th.e pan
may be weJl bathed with ao ouoee of hooey úf rofes, and
half a dram of fugar of lead, dilfolved in thm ounces
of fpring.water: to which -may be added, wheo the eye
ii very watery, a fpoooful or two of red wme, which wiJl
help to thickeo the malter aod ¿ry it up.
If
a 61m or thiek flough fhould remain,
It
may be tao
keo ol!', by blowing ioto the eye equal pam of white
vitriol aod fugar.eaody 60ely powdered.
Glafs finely powdered, mixed up wim honey and a
liltle (refh bauer, is much recommended
by
Dr Brackeo
for this purpofe; as alfo the following ointmeot.
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ointmeot of tuuy one ouoce, honey of rofes
two drams, while vitriol burnt one feruple ; lhis,
wilh a fealher, may be fmmed over tbe eye twice
a.day.
Let it he remembered, tbat it has long beeo obfemd
1ft
praaiee, that the eye io its firll Ilate of ioftammatioo
is fo very tender, that the eye.water! prepared with tut·
ty and other powders aggrame the diforder i confe·
queolly, during this 11m, lhe tioaures of .egetabb and
Iolulions of falts are grmly prefmble.
Wounds of the
ere
may be drelfed with honey of ro·
fes alooe, or with a little fugar of lead mixtd with it,
<ldding lbereto, afm a few days, ao eighth part of tine·
ture of myrrh; all Ihe preeeding direaioos io regard
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-inftammation being atreoded to, efpeeially bleeding, row·
ds, and geotle r.ooling'phyfic.
When lhe humoues of the eye are thiekeoed, and the
.diCorder is withinthe globe, fltarp external ap]llicatioos
are 001 ooly ufdefs, but extremely dwimeolal. by Ihe
~rritatioo
they oeear,on, aod confequently fhould he a·
voided.
lo all eafes of this fort, whether moon·eyes. whieh
are only eataraBs (orming. or in eo06rmed ones attended
wilb a wecpiog ; gerwral e.acuatioos, with ioteenal alle.
'liIivel, can ooly lake place.
E R
Y.
Thefe gcocr.lly make their appearance, whea ahorfe
il turned (¡ve, eomiog r,x; at which time ooe eye·be.
comes clouded, the eye Iids heiog fwclled, and
wy
of.
ten fhut up i aod a thio water generally runs from the–
diCeafed cye dowo Ihe cheek, fo fhaTp as fometimes to ex.
eoriate
l~e
Ikin i the Hins of Ihe
templ~,
under !he eye,
and aloog Ihe nofe, are turgid and full: though
fom~
times il happeos rhat the eye runs but little.
1'his diferder comes aod goes till the camaa is
ripe'
then all paio .od running difappears, aod the hode
be~
comes tOlally blind, whieb is generally io about two
years. DUliog this time Come horfes have mOTe frequent
returos thao others
j
whieh eontinue in fome a week or
more, in olhers tbree or four; returning once io tWO or
three mootllS, aod they are feldom fo loog as five without
a relapfe.
There is anotber kiod of moon·blindneCs,. wbich is al.
fo the fomunoerof eataraas, where 00 humour'llr weep–
iog atteods. The eye is never fhut up or
cloCed
hm, bU!
will now aod (heo look thiek aod trouhled, at which time
the hoefe fm oOlhiog diflinaly: wheo the eyes appm
funk and perifhiog, tbe cataraas are looger comiog
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ma·
turit,Y; aod it is not uoufual in this cafe for one
ere
to
efclpe.
TbeCe cafes genmlly end io bliodnefs of ooe, if nOI
oC
both eyes i the moll promifing figos of recovery are when
lhe attaeks come more {eldom, aod their continuanee
grow! fhomr, aod lhat they lea.e the cornea c1m aad
tranfpmnt, aod Ihe globe plump and full.
TJle attempts to cure cataraas have hitherto beu
001,
palliative and mitigating the fymptoms i yet mly cm hu
fometÍmes been fueceCsful. To this eod the borre Ihould
be rowel'd and bled at proper iotmals; except whm:
the eyes appear fuok and perifhiog, where it is ofteo pero
nicious. During the violeote of lhe fymptoms, obCene
the cooling treatment above reeommeoded, giving him
two ounees of nitre every day mixed ioto a hall with ba–
ney, and bathe the parts above the el'C with mjuice, or
vinegar, whereio rofe·leaves are iofufed i to four ounces
of whieh, h,lf a dram of fugar of lead may be
a~ded.
The fwelliog on the lid may afterwards he batbed
w~th
a
fpoogedipt io equal pam oflime aod Hungary water, mlxed
together: the cooliog phyr,c, (p.
54S
col.
l .
paq.) Ihould
begiveo evel}' founh day, till lhe eye becomesclm, aodre·
covers ilS uCual
brig~tnefs.
Tbe following alCo
¡,
very pro·
per phyr,c for thil pur.pofe.
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leoitive e1eauary "nd mam of mtar of eacb
four ounces, Glaliber's fruu three ounces, fyrup of
buckthorn IWO oune5.
When lhe weeping is by thefe meaos removed, the al·
terati.e powdm (See 1he feaian,
O[
ALTHA'
TI
VE
MED ICINE S) fllould be given emy day, ull
1WO or Ihree pounds are taken, aod 8fter ao inteTval
~f
three moolhs, the famecou rfe fhould be Tepealed. Thil
melhod has often been aueoded wilh good fuceers, where
the eyes have been full, and now8)' perifhed
j
i~
that cafe,
bathe or fomeot them with the following, tWlee
a·da~.
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cruue fal armoniae tWO drams, dilfol,e inapUlt
o( lime.water, and add 10 it four ouoees of brandy.
or Hungary wmr.
. d
1'Iús
will
aa as a nilÍlulus, and may hdp tO
tblO.a~r
raIl
y