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Show o 90 'lh: l'trrrers .- \ Co'ml Lures. Book 11], 0f[/16 rDiflni er of the Cornea, and their Cures. The Cornea is alfo liable to fmall Tumors (fornewhat like the Seeds of Millet) called by the Greek: wmm, arifinghom thin {harp Recremenn, defiilling out of the Extremities of the Carotide Arteries, into the empty {paces of the minute Vellcls lodged in the famed; VV‘hCWUPOUhS TUniclc groweth diliended in many places, productug various little Swellmgs. The Cure of thefc Pufilesis performed after the lame methods as hath been advifed in an Optba/mia. Ae/m commends the White of an Egg and the lolk beaten up with a little Sugar and Simon, which may be admiuillred to the Eye in the beginning of the Dileafe, as 21110 a (Mince boiled in Water and mixed Wltll ()yntment of Roles, ora Mucilage of the Seeds ol I'fyl/ium, and (Minces extracted in Red Role-water. In theincreale of the Duluth refolving Medicines may be tried, as a De. coétion oi the Flowers of Chamarmel, Melilote, mixed with the Seeds of Flax and Fzrnugreclt. Eye-waters made by dellillation oithe leaves of Vervain, Rue, Calendine the Great, l'ted Role Leave in Milk,may be infiilled into the dilitlicaed Eye. Waters of Eye-bright and RedRoIes mixed with a little 'I'utty and Tm. (bi/Ci All}. (Ruhr fine opt", and with White Vitriol in few Grains, have proved fucceliful in this Ducale. Tlc 'tl‘te's ol' ll.t Lanna. The Car/uni is not only liable to little hwellings, but Ulcers too, which have had divers appellatives among the Cree/qr, as they are fiiperficial or more tletp iu the {aid Tunicle, in which an Ulcer isknown7 as being tllecon12quan of a "hire Tumor appearing in the Black of the Eye, and procetdeth oil't‘n from Contulion, whereby the Blood is imparted to the liib{lance of the Comm out of the I acerated Carotide Arteries 5 other times itis produced by over-(harp Medicines applied to the Eyes, and chiefly from Salt, limp, and ferons Recrements of the Blood, corroding and exulcera- tingY the liibliance ot the Cari/w. As to the Cure of an Ulcer of the Cornea, Purging Medicines may be advifed, as allb Bleeding in a Sanguine Conl'titution, and then Defenlatives may be adminillred to the Forehead conlilting of Al'tringents, which do check the flux of Humors into the parts aH‘tc'ted, The( are of the 1,1! ( sni [ht Lutnl. ‘ The Indications, are the lame with other Ulcers, and conIiI't of milde,dt‘tergt-nt, drying and eonlolidariniz Niedicines, of Tutty, Red Coral, Aloes. Sarcocol nourillied in lVlilk, which may be put: into a Linnen Cloth, and hung in liy e-bright, Venue] or Stilentline Water, and after they have been lometime iiiiitlbtl and l'tiained, a Few drops oFthe Water may be inflilled into the l‘ ye; as allo warm/ml, and Syrup of dried Roles, being of a. clean» ling, drying quality, may he of good 1111' in this cale. When the Ulcer is chanted 8in dc p/irmbo Kafir may be given in any convenient deflilled \Vaters of talendine the Great, Eye-bright, Fennel, or Roles, as alto Sun/Jami): or ()leiim Satirrni , may be of great ufe in this cafe. 01' let a Liniinent be made of Red Coral Prepared, Burnt Harts-Horn Pm: A RHPU‘A'E of the L'wrwa. pared, Cur-tits, wafned and a few Grains of Crude Antimony, and Honey 0t Rofes (trained. A (oilyrium may alfo be prepared with burnt Lead walhed, Tutty Prepared, Cum of71~agarazzrb infltlbd in Eye-water. Another Difeafe ( to which the Cornea is obnoxious ) is a Rupture; Whld' is made downward, when the @m, following an Inflammation, is accumlf‘ lat-ed itrthe fiibfiance of the Corned, in lo great a quantity that it dillendslt to a Laceration of the region of the (ii/"Hm; or rather the llurp Purulenl Matter Book III. Offlae Di/m/cr (ft/ac Cornea, zma't/Jcir Otter, 919 Matter corrodes the Tunicle, and is lodged under it, or between it and the Mom, or fometimes it corrupts that Membrane, and is enclofed between the Hoe/z and watry Humor, and other times it is extended to the Cril'talline Humor. This Difeafe is called Livraimnl', 73M fab Comm. In this Dif‘eafe about the beginning Purging and Bleeding may not be Tthvirrsv‘ th‘ fairiDILL amifs, efpecially in Plethorick Confiitutions 3 and then rcfolving and emo‘t- {ll-C. lient Medicines may be ulbd, made of the decoé‘tion of Flowers of Chaim:mel, Melilore, Seeds of (Pfyllium, and anugreek, to which afterward may be added the Leaves of Eye-bright, Salendine the Great, which are very Proper to takeaway the reliques of an Opthalmy, which if negleéted, is productive of this Difeafe, and in order to its Cure, may be applied a Collyrium made of Tutty, Prepared Aloes, Sugar-Candy, and a little Myrrh infufed in thedeltilled Waters, of Fennel, Salendinc the Great, Rue, Vervain, or Rofes, of which a few drops may be inltilled into the Eyes. Sometimes a proper Medicine may be made up of Saffron, Alocs, and Myrrh, inalittle Wine and Honey. In this cafe when Matter cannot be difculTed by rerolving and emollient Medicines, Calm and Erin/s do advife a Puncture to be made in the Cornea, as in the fufiiifion of the Eye, which operation is rarely celebrated of late, and requiretli the molt dextrous hand of a Skilthl Chyrurgeon, lefl: an Apertion being made in the Cornea, the aqueous Humor {hould flow out with the l'urulcnt Matter, The Eye as well as other parts of the Body, is fometimes fubjeé't to :1 Cam Ah Cancer of cer, (mol'tcommonly feared in the Cornea, or Adnata) which may be re- ("mm ferred to aTumor, if it be Latent, but if the Tuniclc be corroded by the Venenate nature of the Humor, it is termed a Canerous Ulcer. The Diagnolticks in both may be an unequal hardnefs of the Cornea or neighbouring parts, a Livide or Lead colour, an intolerable pricking pain, . and the Veins appear to be hued with a dark or blackiih colour, in the fwelling of the Eye, and parts adjacent. This terrible Difeal‘e talteth its rife from Blood, infected with a virulent Thccaul‘cof: quality, carried into the Cornea by the Extremities of the Carotide Arteries, cam" whence arifeth 3. Tumor, as the ferous parts of the Blood are lodged in the Interl'tices of the VdTels relating to the Carma, as not entertained into the origens of the Jugular Veins. This Difeafe if it hath taken adeep root in the part afl‘eé'ted, is not to be mafiered by the power of Art, and admitteth only a Palliative Cure, which giveth cafe, and prolongeth Life. In the beginning of this Difeafe gentle Purging is uléful and Blood may be taken either out of the Neck or Arm, or by Cupping-Glades applied to the Shoulder and Neck, or by Leeches to the Neck or Arm, and a {lender DIET) Confil'ting wholly of Milk, or of other Suppings, made of Com, (which are more beneficial than Flelh, which will highten the Difeafe ) as VVater~Gruel, Barley-Cruel, or Barley-Cream, G'anadu, &c. may prove very advantageous. Diet-drinks may bealfo advifed, made obeimz, Samaparilla, Harts-Horn, and Ivory fhavings, Raifins of the Sun floned, to which may be added the Leavesof Eye-bright, and Vervain, or Mountain Sage. An Eye-water may beprepared of the Roots of Spoonwort, and of the leaves of Robertian Crancsbill, Arnugloflh, Night-made, Salendine the Great, Eye-bright, young Frogs, and Whites of Eggs, Seeds of Fsenugreek, and QLIlRCCs; and upon the Roots, Seeds, Herbs, (but. being pounded in a. C ll Mortar 23513322 h, Eh: begin. "‘"5°"c'"' car in the 6mm- |