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Show Off/,9 Dfl'fld of the Ad nata, and their Curet. Book Iii. 9i6 Book Ill. , And afterward Topicks may be adminif'tered, made of Sugar-Candy, lapidefcent Hmmtit. Prepared, burnt Alorne, white \ irriol, Camphor, 1"" far infufed in deliilled water of Red RPFCS, and Eye-bright, Of which fome drops may be inf'tilled into the difafl‘eéled Eye. d rp Prepared Tiitty, and Prepared Pearl, Red Coral Prepare , .ompholyg, Sugar-Candy, Camphor made into a .fine Powder, may be applied tome difcompofed Eye in a {mall quantity: If the Courteous Reader be proper ,0 defirous to be farther latisfied concerning the Max-term Met/1m CHAP. XII. 0f the Diflvzfcr of the Cornea, and their Carer. the Cure of this Difcafe, Irefer him to the Medicmcs afligncd to the 1!". mi: Ocnli, which is nearly related to the ptefent Malady. _ . a Another dilafl‘eétion of thc‘Adnata, is called by the Lanna , Stigzl. latio, and by the Greeks", WM" item-M, and in Englzfl: the Blood-flied of the Eye, which arifing fromaBlow, or Fall,iiiakttli a Conttifion oftht-Eyej aLaceration of the Capillary Carotide Arteries, inferred intothe Admin? whereupon proceedeth a flagnation of Blood in the inter-dices of th in. fels, belonging to the White of the Eye ; f0 that it is firi't hued With Red, He Cornea is made of a Horney Diaphanous fubfiance for the dc" T fence of and conf'titution of the lucid Orb of the Eye, which elfe would not be receptive of the vifible Images of things, as encircled with Rays of Light. The Eye more or lefs lofeth its tranfparency, as the Cornea is obfcured with greater or lifsdegrees of incraflation, whereby the Tunicle groweth thick in old Perfons, caufed by overmuch drinefs, which is incurable. and afterward with a blCV\‘iill colour. The (or/m alfo is rendred opace, When it is clouded by overgrofs Humors impaéled into it, which often happens in an Opt/Mlmz'a, and is fometimes pro- As to the Cure of this Difeafe, if the Eye be rendred highly Blood-flied in a Body abounding with Blood , and full of Plumors , Purging and Blood-letting are very proper; And then Topicks maybe duly applied, confifiing of gentle difcutient and afiringent MediCines, made of Water of Strawberries, Red Rofes, Honey Socles, Woodbine, Plan- duced by high refoiving Medicines, which breath out the more thin parts of the Recrements fetled in the Cornea, and leave the more grofs behind; Thedii'atftfli. on of the Tranfparcnty of the Eve and its caufesr it is alfo generated by grofs Humors, flowing out of the Termination of the Arteries, and fiagnated in the fubltance of the Comm 5 whereupon the Sight is loii or lcifeiieti, as the Cornea is infefied with greater or lefs incraflation of Humors, called by the Latina, Albugo. tain, and Myrtles, (9c. And the Corned is not only incrallated with grofs Recrements, but is dis velttd of its Tranfparency, as hued with firange Colours, and fometimes it is coated with Rednefs, when the Blood is lodged in the empty fpaces of the VeliEls, as in Sugillation, wherein the Eye is tendred Blood-(heel, and then the Objeéi reprefented to the Eye, feemeth to be vailed with Red, and fometimes with Yellow, in a Jaundy', wherein the bilious Recre- ,ments fpued out of the terminations of the Arteries, do tinge the (arm-a. If the clearnefs of the Cornea be fouled by pituitous Recretnents, itmay feem reafonable to ufe Purgatives firfi, and afterward to apply Topicks, when the Blood is refined, which is infinuated by the extremities of Capillary Carotide Arteries into the fiibfiance of the Cornea. When univerfal Evactiations have been advifed, a Deco&ion may be made of Mallows, Calaminth, Eye-bright,Line-feed, Facnugreek-feed, with ‘he Flowers of Melilote, of which the warm Steams may be received into the diffifl‘féth Eye Morning and Evening. .Learned Amatm' Lufitanws giveth an account , that he Cured an Albnga With Decoétions of Sarmparilla, taken twenty days; in the Interim he adVifed adefiilled Water to be infiilled into the Eye made of Honey ( imme- diately after it was taken out of the Comb) and with the Flowers of Eyebright, Elder, and Sugar-Candy defiilled in Milk in B. M. The Seeds of Clary finely fear-fed, and applied in this cafe, prove very beneficial to clear up (the Eyes, when darkened with grofs Humors. Juice of Fennel mixed with a few drops of Balfam of Peru, is ofgteat eflicacyiri this cafe ; as alfo Oyl of Btirnt i innen, quenched between two Pew- tff Dillies, and mixed wi'h 3 Boy's "prrtle, is very fuccefsful inaCure of this Difeafe; as a w a flight» POUnded in the itirhfion or dis, 1 text you to the MatEria Medina, pro- ' The Cures of an Albuga. |