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l o all cafcs where • perfoo i, fufpeaed 'o ha.e beco
poifoned by f\Vallowing any fublbnce or a corrofi.e na·
ture, oil
Wilh
mdk for a v.!hicle
yieldl
the mon
ccnajo
relief; and evtn when acid mineral fpirits
arc"taken
by
mi–
Ihke, ,hey \VIII blunt or Ihedthe ,he acrimony foon er ,han
Ii"ed fal" and tenaceou, powder will change ,heir nature:
befide., rallad·oil is ¡¡.nerally a' hand in all places as
well as milk; anri
lhe
fooner
il
is giveo,
lhe
leCs is
lhe
d ,ngcr.
The moll dangerous vegetable poifons, are wolf's-bane,
the deadly nigh,.fhade, henbane, .od da,u,"; tO which
may be added lhe roou
oC
ocoanthe
dcutz
facie, or hem–
tock dropwort,
cicuta
vulguis or cammon hemlock.
Hoffman affirms, that milk in a large quantity is
3D
u niverfal remcdy againll all poirons ,ha, kili by inBamma·
tion, and
ir
taken in time
will
prevent lhe
direful
coofe–
quenccs. Alteo thinks a vomit
wit~
warm water and oil,
t aken in laree draugh,s and or,en repea,ed, will be or
great fervice
i
as
airo
warm water
Wilh
frtlh buuer.
milk
""d
oi~
or milk and bu"er. '
Ir
,he abo.e 'hings will not
proyoke ,he patien' to vod." o"ymel or fquills, falt of
vitrio), or a dccotlion of (abaceo, may be
ured,
as haviog
a
more immediate e/fea.
1<
i. hardly fare to give even ,he
-maO: gentle
c:nhanic.
The 1I0mach being ,hu. emptied of all, or as much a.
poffible, recourfe mull be had to generous wine and ale"i·
pharmics, {uch as veoice- treacle,
~onret(io
¡Ikermes, (he
. bezoardic powder,
ere,
Wheo ,here is a fufpieioo that
the coats of the ílomach or inteftines are carroded or ul·
terated, it will no' be proper for ,he pa,ient ' o ure fpices
or
vinegar,
nor to indulge in
tOO
much wine,
b Ul
to take
a decoélion of
barley
with raifins, or a decoélionof cbina-–
roo'. falTarra.,
ere.
The fame method is moll likely to anfwer when any o·
ther deleterioUi herb or
rOOl
has
lbeco
caten
by
mirlake.
thou&h ,he particular fpeeies fhould no, be knowo; antl
H o/fman affirms, that when ,he patien, ha, been lIupified
by
the Dueodes, (he bell: remedies are vomits mixed
with
oi!,
tO
facilitate rhe aper.uion.
O;
a
GUTTA
SERENA.
A
GUTTA
rerena, or amaurofis, is
30
abolilíon of tbe
fight, when no fault appears in the eyes, except in (he
pupil whieh i. largcr ,h.n ufual and more black, nor will
it eontr.a, ,hough any luminou. obj ea is plaeed direaly
berore
il. bUI
continues quite immovcable.
lt
may be
dillingui llled from ,he dirorder or thc eye, proceeding rrom
the
vertigo; fort he objcéls
(cem
tO turo round : From
a
ciltaraét; for rhen an opacity of lhe cryUalJine humour
i9
pereeivable, and ,he pupil will eOntraa in a glaring light.
When ,his difeafe comes 00 fuddenly, it generally pro·
ceeds from external cauCes, as blo",!, falls, and Ihe like.
' Vhen i, comes on hydegrecs in old perfons. it arires rrom
a
hemi ple~y
or palfy; as airo in o,her weak and languid
conrlitutions
Somelimes its
concomit~nts
are pai ns in
the head the vertigo, fleepinefs, noiCe in Ihe ears, ótnd
fometim:"s
it
comes on wllhoU[
,my
precedíns: Cymptorns.,
}'rom dirrr8 ions ir has
app~ared,
Ihflt the optic
nervcs
h,Jve ueeo in
f.wlt
i
(hat ¡s. lhey are w<l fled away or much
Icfs th:tn cOll'lmon;
as
alfo cOl11prcrred by extravafated
fluid" or hard lumoun about their origino
e
N
E.
T ht indicarian! of cure are, to :!:rcurs the Oagn3ti:1g
humours, whlch c1mpre(s rhe nerves, and tben to llrengtb-'
en ,he . ffea,d pam.
H~iner
affirms,
it
is
to
be
cu red by aromatics, carmi.
natives, and 3ucnuants; chieAy
eye-~righ[,
verollica, hyr ..
fop, ro!emary. Aowers, fagl.!, fennel, and aniCeeds, vale–
rian root, (a(fafras, cinnamon, wood·Jice,
eilh~r
in ¡nfuGon
or powder : ,he juiee or
woo~
líee oewly exprelfed, aod
raken for (ome weeks, increaGng the dore,
is
of ex.cel–
lent ufe; as likewife mercurials, taken
in
very {mall doCes,
and a long while togcther.
Ir
i, arifes from a rupprellion or urual hzmorrhag..,
they are tObe renored : but , if thi, caaDOt be done, ar..
tifici.l·bleeding is to be fubllltutcd .
E"ternally, ilfues arciheld 'o be good, ciylle.. aod fe_
tons. erpecially in ,he phlegmatie. The eyes may be
warhed with fennel, valeriíln, eye-bright, 'or'rofe-water,
rpirit of \Vine, Hungary water, and fal·volatilc
ol~orum
diluted, or an ¡nfufion of
fcnnel~roots
in
wine, with bags
or tlrengtheoing herbs .nd rennel·reed, ofteo put thereoo.
S neezing powde.. may likewife be prop.r, efpeeially
Bo–
..entine arrice, or horCe chernuts; likcwife fpirit! of hanf–
horn, or fal ·.olatile olcofum, may be applied to Ihe
nofe.
In all diforders of the eyes, but partieularly in thi.,
the body mull always be kep' opeo, that the humours mar
be invited downwards, with laxative pills mixcd with ca·
c.lomel. L ikewife (Irong cly(l..s are of .ery' great ufe.
O/
a
SurfusloN,
orCATAkACT.
A
SUFFUSIOI'I , or cataraét,
i5
aD obfiruétion of the
pupil, by lhe ioterpofi,ion or fome opaque fubllanee, whieh
diminifhes or cxtinguifhes (he figh t : Sorne are thicker
than orhers; fome are whitc, black
t
cirron-coloured, or
browniOt.
Ir
is al\Vays conrained between the uvca and
fd erotica, where it fometimcs fwims and Buftuates
Jik~
a
.
bit of lawn in lhe aqueous humour, and fOOletimes ir ad–
heres clore 'o the eoatS ,
It
is generally an opaci,y of the
cryllalline humour.
The medicines abo\'e-mentioned, i'n an incipient or re–
cent cataraét, from thick or vifcid humours, may do good.
efpecially ir ,hey arire in the cryllalline humour, as Hei·
/ler affinns, bccaufe lhey attenuate, refolve, and render
the
humours lIu xile, and increaCe the ipirits .
A
graio or
t\Vo of mercurius cfulcis, given with (wice the quantiryof
prcpared uiller·fhells rorthirty days tOgether, has denroy–
('d
th~
rudimenls of
a
cataraét. But, if theCe haTe
no
efFeét ,
and the catarótét grows inveterare, ripe, or perfeél.
it is 'o be deprelfed; ror whieh, fee Su
RG'.
Y.
O;
a
GLAUCOMA.
A
GLAUCO>tA i, a change of the cryllalline humour
into an aznre colour, fro01
ilS
Jrynefs and condenfatt<>O,
as fome aninn: but
H~iner
(ay' ,
it
<triCe,
from an
Op.lcl–
ty
of
the
vitreous humou r. which becomes "'(
a
whitiOt
creen colour
i
for, in
a
fuffuGon
l
an
opaque body is
pla ..
ceJ
behind lhe pupil , or is next
tO
the u\'eous parto
Sennerttls r"ys, this maJad)' is kno\Vn froru a
Ytry
re–
markable whitene(s
:lppc..'al
ing in the eye, ano Iying drep
.Ql!hind
th e pupd.
an~i
all
thil'gS
are;:
feen
as
through a
fmol:..e
or c10ud
j
it is Clid to be incurable.
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