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Show 92+ 0f the ‘Difcnfei oft/ac iimtr} Humor oft/ac chr, Sec. Book III. either al't‘eéteth one part In relation to the part aggrieved, the. Humor and if be dilcemed; of the Pupil, and then the whole 0b)eét cannot middle of the Pupil, the the ofl‘enfive Humor have recourfe to the Laure-Wile , by‘ reafon the refemblances of things , appear to the Eye enteth the Vilible 05km rcptel Pupil, the of Matter clouding the Center holes. many carried to its Margent, as Pinked with firfttliat a Cloud The Diagnof'ticks of a true Snfl‘ulion of the Eye, is not found in a {put-ions appeareth in the Center of the Pupil, which is r , Sufiiilion. or a Bal‘tard Secondly, In it the Symptoms are continued, but tholeaccord ing to the worle, Sufi'ufion are fornetimes better, and other times the Eye (which are ing aliliét rs Vapou of s ymiafi greater or leis Anath Fleas, Flies, (W. much lefs when the Stomach is empty) which reprefent is wholly li‘ee lefs at feveral times; and (ometimes the Eye more or with Vapours; but in from fuch Phantafms, as not at all aff'eéied h a Cloud, a true Sufliifion the vifible Objeé‘ts are feen as throug of this : Symptom mick Pathogno and proper the is or Glals, which Dilcafe. The Progno- flitks of a Suil'ulion. The Cures of a Suflulion. Various times The Prognofiicks may be determined according to the of the Difeale, by reafon Galen is of an opinion that in the beginning dilcoof a Sulfulion (in which the vilible images of things may be wliicli Cure, a admit may ion dilafi'eé‘t the Glafs) a through Vered as liippofeth Youth and a good difpolition of Body , elfe in Old age, and in an ill habit, the dileafe for the molt part proveth incurable, efpecially in thole that have been fubjeé‘t to a great and long flux of Humors into their Eyes. Riviera giveth an account , that in the beginning of a Snfiiilion he Cured this Difeale in a l'eilbn above Fifty years of age, by frequent Purgings, and Sudorifick Diet-drinks and Velicatories, without any application of Topicks. If this Dili'afe flow from an Inflammation of the Lungs, a Phrenfie, or a violent pain of the Head, it is hardly Curable, as allo when the Sufliilion is Black and void of all traiifparency, or when it is Green, or Yellowilh, or like Oyick-lilver in colour or motion, 0‘ when the Matter is lodged in the Center of the Pupil, (wherEifl the Obiefts are repiefented Latile~wile) there is a linall hope of any Cure in a (‘atarafzh In the beginning of this Difcafe in a Plethorick Body, a Vein may be A Vein may be opened in a Sufiulion. fafely opened, and Purgatives allb may be advifed, mixed with Cephalld‘: and Specifick Alteratives preper for the Eyes. And afterward Diet-drinks may be advifed, madeof LigniimSanéIWa . Sar‘zaparilla, Saflafrar, Salendine the Great, Vervain, Eye-bright. And the Head may be Fomented with a Lixiwnm, in which the Leaves ‘i of Betony, Eye-bright, Majorari, Role-Mary , Lavender and Cotiafldel" feed may be boiled. "'35 ' ‘ And allo Cupping-Glades, Vclicatories, may be applied to the Should" and Neck, to which alfo a Serum may be adminil'tred In order to dilculs the offenfive 'Matter, Fomentatioris by Way of V3?ours may be ufed to the Eye, made of Ground Ivy, Eye-bright, Valerian, 331" time the Great, (5‘0. ‘ . And ‘ Pgooltlll. 0f the Difmflrfoy‘; t/ic warry Hltiizor-oft/Jc E)": &c. 925 J And afterward deterfive Medicines ma be a lied, r , ‘ Honey deptiratedpr dil'cilled Waters of Hdheypr [Pilponey :felgiggtfrfs\?:3illre of which lome few drops may be inltilled into the parts affected,, Mgming ‘5, and Night. Or ciifitfikg thehLeaIvesloiC Green Corn, Rue, Pimpernel, Salendine the %\rear, hire-Wine, I infufion, Li i e after wit a ad" irt e Cinamon and Mace , and a finall proportion ' of‘ You may take the dil'tilled Water ofSalendine, mixed withVVhite Vitriol and Prepared Tutty,iti a {mall quantity, and with a little Vitrum Antcmonii, and Sugar-Citridy- , This Me icine is very much commended b Galen, ma . aCock, the Blood of a Moufe, mixed with a Villomaiis Mill:ifvl(i)ifcl[1hiii:.3:1Eff ly be applyeclytc;1 the Eyes. ' ) 6- Or take 0 t e Leaves of Rue, Fennel E e-briahr, S ' the Seeds of Fenugreek, theFIowe rs ofChamgeimelfind M:lielrd‘ill::dii:tgtlf:tii be boiled in three parts of Fountain Water, and one part White-wine and let the part affected be bathed with a loft Spunge 5 or let the fume oiF this Dccoé‘tion be received into the Eyes. Other Medicines allb may be of great ufe in this Difeafe which {h 11 b adviled in the Gum: Serena. ' a C When proper methods of Phylick have been adminifircd, and prove altogethedr unluccelsful, Chyrurgical operations are to be celebrated as the laflt reme y. And as I humbly conceive, a Cataract is to be couched after this manner by firft obliging the Patient to turn his Eye inward toward the Nofe and the Needle is to be immitted into the Adana, in the middle between the, out- ward Cantlam and the Cornea, over againlt the middle of the fufl'hlion and to be gently handled till it come to the middle of the Pupil, and Cataraét' where the Needle is to be quickly turned, till by degrees it is brought below the whole region of the Pupil, and then after fome little flay, the Needle is to be lifted up, and notimmediately taken away, That the Cataratft may rife and be gently brought away. And immediately after it, the White of ati Egg may be beaten up with Role-water and Alom, and applyed to the Eye With a little Linnen, to hinder the fluxe of Humors and revent an In: Hammation. , P Sometimesit happens when the Cataraé't is not ripe, as being not concreEd, When It is pricked with a Needle 5 it runneth about like a milky fiib‘mcea 0t apuddle water; whereupon it is difcharged, and cannot again $223.: into one body, by reafon the Tuniele enclofing it, is broken by the The manner of touching a Catarach. |