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'ObtURd lhe acri i'l\ony

{he:

hu~noun ,

fuch as dccoélions

of the roots of fcorzonera, china, Jkirrels, :lon fennd;

airo infur,ons, in lhe

maoner

of tea, of lhe (í'í's

yarruw,

flowers of m.tllbws, winter-chcrries, tlnd fecd o( daucus,

OI:lde Wilh

milk, and

fwcoeleoed

with

jjrup de

allh~.l

lhe patie:nt's body is coflive, manna

will

be prepcr,

with

f:ilrum flihiullll/J;

wh.ich rhubarb

lUay

be joine\i.

as occaGon requires.

Externally, antirpaf.'nodics and gentle dircutie:nts \ViII

be proper : For thi. purpofe apply bl ..dders r.lled wi.h a

dec()\.9:ion of

lhe

emollient fiowc:rs.

I (lhe tenefinus and dillicuhy of mine ariCe

from fpafms,

1herc is nothing beue-r thilo the \'apours

dt:co~ion

mil\.:. of the flowers of mc!ilot, c1dt:r. ch.\momile and

n11110\Ol5, and lhe

lOpS

of y;¡rrow. This decoétion ruay

pm into a cloCe-fiool; and the patient

lit

o\~er

it.

Tul pius informs us, lhat a d..:fperate ulcu

1)(

the blad–

der was cured by the cOAllant ufe of fpJw. wate:r.

Ofth:OPTHALMl.a

Jt.lrLAMMATION

Ihe EvEs .

inflammalion of lhe membrancs which int'elt the

eye is a very common difC'art:, efl'ecially of the adnat3

or albuginous eoat of the eye.

T he eyes are very

much

inHamed, wi[h great _paln,

tenfion, (umour. heat, aod rednefs ; and fumet\ mes there

is fuch a íl rong Cenration of pricking in the eye, as ir le

W<lS

c;¡ufed by a needle or thorn. The eyes al

fidl

are

full of fealdiAg tears

whieh are followed by a pituiwus

Inaner, which is fometimes fmall in epun\ity, fomeliines

more plentiful: a ford;!s adheres to rhe greater angle of the

eye ; and when the diCeare is \'ioleot, the neighbouring

parts will fwen even ás (ar: as the chec:ks, \Vith a firong

pulf.tion o( .he adjaeent an erico. T he fmall blood·vef–

fels are vifibJe, whk h in health are DOl tO be feeo, and

all lhe white of the eye becomes red.

[ f,

befides thefe external figns) there is an appe'ilrtme'e

of moths, dull, Bies,

6c.

Jioating iD lhe ai r, there is 3n

inflammation of the retina.

As in all difeafes o( the eyes, fo efpeei211 y in their in–

flammatioo. the patient mun abíla;n from all rpirituous

Jiquors, the r.'1loak of tobaceo and l1ernutatories ; he

murl likewife avoid rmoaky rooms. ::\nd {he v::\pours of

onion. and garlick, as alfo 311 vivid lights and glar:ng

colours. T he drink m::\y be waler alone, or a deeo(tion

ofrennel-feeds, hart(horn, and barley; the aliment muf!

be light o( digellion.

Intemperanee of al! kinds renders perfons liable to this

difeare; as alfo a

ke~n

north-wind, and

Jooki.ng

earne(1)y

at the (¡re, fuo, or gl:.¡ring colours: likewife [moaky

rooms, metallie vapours, eortivenefs. and unufual re–

{r¡gerMioos of Ihe e>:treme pans, efpecially in the time

of menílruation. Sometimes it is owing lOother diCeares,

as lhe fmall- pox, meaOes, fcur\'y, ancl Ihe Jriving back

the g(Iuty matter.

Ilight ophtha1Dlia is eafily cured ; a more fC\'erc

one fcner;¡lIyeontinues a month or Jonger, and orten

Jeaves a fpOl in lhe coroea, or depraves lhe humours of

tbe eye.

T he Ilit hter inflJmmalions from dufi or the fu n are re–

moved by fomen ting with wotrm milk and water, :md

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nointing the eyes with ttt:ty oiotment al nisht : ir the eyes

are weak and OUt liuIe inflJmed, they may b.: wa!hcd with

brand)'

il.od

\V:ltc::r.

J,l

all c...fes \Ve: ::\rc to Iook n..rrowly and Orlen inro the

inflt\med eye

fini.:e the infl.tmmation may be t:ithcr llegua

or be kt pt

l1p

moalS , or hy bí"lirs uf the

CI)¡.t

{all–

ing in, or growing inwatus, [o as tO cauCe conClant irri·

tation.

T ctke aw;¡y

ounees ofblood, and the nex[ morning

give the conllnon purging potion. whieh may be rere:.a.tcU

twice or more, with thl! interpofition of[\IIO days between

eaeh dote, and at ni ght an

ounc~

of diacoJiu01.

lhe days in which purging is omitted, let the pa·

tic:nt tilke four ounees. tluee or fou r times in a day, of

the cmullion uf lhe four grealer coJd feeds, and while

poppy f..d,.

Ihe difcafe will not yietd to repeated cathartics and

blelclinr,. give ao ounee of diacodiuOl every n¡¿ht.

The Ilíghtcr carl.'s may be cu red wilhout bleeding; out

any degrtc of a fever is joincd, or lhe in!l.tmmallon is

eonfideral,le, Ibis ev..cuation is never

be omint:d. The

more vioJenl inftam01ations are nOl to be cured without

larger blcedings, unlefs we can make a derivation from

[he pan .ffd\ed wi.hout draining the whole body. For

this purrof. blif!ers are ufefully applied behind the ears.

efpeeiaJly if thC'y are to He on for twO or three days, and

i( the Cores are afterwards kept running. T wo leeches

fll 0uld be applicd tO the lower part of the orbie, or near

the external :mgle of lhe eye, and the \frounds be allowed

ooze (or fome hours a(ter they are (,lIen off.

T his method wil! likewife do in ophthalmias (rom ex–

ternal injuries ; but not when they proceed from a fcro ..

phuJous or veoereal caufe. In bad cares, after the iD–

flammation has yielded a Jiule co evacuatíons, the

coa~u

lum alumioofum, fpread on lint, and applied

bed·time,

is the beO: external rcmedy.

In the mean while, bldlers muf! be applied tO the neek.

and kept running for fome days ; and ;trter that, felons,

or i!fues . [ lea rt. It i. hard

fay, of what vaCl ad l·an–

tage blirters and feton, are in this difeafe.

The expre!f<d j uico o( millepedes may alfo be given

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are a dofe] on .he days purging is omitted, in (our

ounees of bc:c:r, or Rhenífh or French

white~wioe :

Jet

t:lem fiand, whcn mixt, all night ; and then take it

with a Jitde fu gar in lhe moroing, arter the mixture is

dr.ined.

But al'cording to the later experience of Dr Fordyce,

Fothtl gilJ, Jud othcrs, a firumous oplh:,dmia may be cer–

tainlyand fafel y eured by half a dram o( the bark given

twice a.day.

T he length o( time in whieh the bark i, to be taken i.

uncenaia. for in fome the cure is performed in

Il.fs

time

than others.

H offman, bcr.des bliClers, feton., éc. rccommends eup–

ping, with fca rifieation,

the oape of the neck, and be–

hind lhe ears; and iD the viol.:nt fort of this dife:.lfe,

bleeding in the jus"l.r; as . Ifo r.n"l'ir.",

rnckct· f.·ed.

boiled in \Vine, and then put into lmal! bago anu 'pplied

to the: nape o( ,he:' ncek

under lhe :lrmpi,s. For in:

ward u(e. he prefcrs

all other remedies, ;tn infufion,

fhe:

manner of

lca,

uf valeri:m-root, li<¡uorice. elJer–

Dowers and (cnneJ·fceds, drank rleo:ifully ; ar.d

bd~~c

th.