1 V>'. diaie. J. Sf/id., humid onh'hnlmin. I
2 Unit Uni, weakness of tight. Double
3 v Uion. o. k.
4 Vat. t’jlv-, 'holt sight,
5 ivm ('Mm. rad. earl., epiphora |
6 H.mcrtdofri*.
7 t’crUna 1-alt , swilling of the eyes. r.
8 I'.rh t* hah. hemr miopia. o. v.
9 f’antt. Jlrce., bound across the fore¬
10 head la acute inflammation of the
11 eyes, ns uNo in opistuxis. ; A Hash-
12 mereiMk family remedy.! *.
13 Pill. Itpiph., burning and pricking
14 pain in tho eyes.
15 I'ittla ad., -hort sight.
16 Vl'tx A’-/;., smoked with tobacco
17 leaves, i• said to have restored a
18 blind man to sight.
19 Il'tnIiU’gi t,’JT0 uidfjittr. tro doled sight.
20 Xanthax. warn, cor/., specks ot the eye. ■
21 Zed, Cure., hemeralopia.
22 Zi.ci -.at f >., dimntifs of sight. J .
23 nine: -or!, anvjgd ., hemeralopia.
24 ZtngOi. n/., incipient cataract.
25 ZLtyil-. rec. a. ct an Color, rad., troubled
26 sight.
27 Mj/jffftli. J' j., inflammation of the eyes |
28 wit.: pains jthe temples. Specks i
29 of ti’o cornea. j
30 Zyzyph. Jttj. jfitmmi, nebulous sight.
31 As aa addenda to the foregoing, I
32 present to my readers the two follow- i
33 ing oriental recap' s
34 Take silver, tin, and fine, of each
35 four tcvupli », melt them together,
36 and ifterwarcU pound them finely
37 in it metallic mortar, then add |
38 quicksilver four scruple.; nux it
39 intimately with the others, mul
40 finally add n scruple, and a half of
41 pure opium; thou triturate the
42 whole in: o an impalpable powder
43 phis dry< oUyri iwi is used by several
44 Persian and Hindoo physician*, in
45 various chronic disorder* of tho
46 ore.
47 The following recipe is employed
48 •uiccs .fully in inflammation of the
49 eyes only:—
50 Tidro Has (IIerieris Lycsi surevs
51 inspissalun) and pure opium, of
52 each 15 grains, alum five grains.
53 These three ingredients era to be
54 pulverized and mixed with water in
55 n silver spoon, to the consistency of
56 a syrop. It is then to be placed
57 over to. gentle fire until it begins to
58 boil. Whin cold it is applied at
59 right over the eyelids end parts
60 adjacent, and washed olf with warm
61 milk in tho viornii;.; the remedy
62 must be repeated for throe or four
63 oonscoutive nights.
64 I lu ve myself, in my earlier prac¬
65 tice, employed with sucres* in some
66 j;- ritcular cases of flyo- diseases,
67 the following compositions; which,
68 for tho sake of those, who prefer
69 tho old system to tho new, I intro¬
70 duce, but do not recommend.
71 Take Assafoetida, root, of sweet
72 ling (Calamus atom.), fennel scuds,
73 and ginger, of each equal parts,
74 and, with purified honey, make
75 them into an electuary, and take
76 ono drachm morning and evening.
77 This effected tho cure of a eh runic
78 ophthalmia (in a pei on affected
79 with gout),! with which were luVe
80 ciat.ed epiphora, films, and disorder
81 of the stomach.
82 Tho second remedy consisted of
83 marking nut {Anticard, orient.)
84 prickly-applc seeds (Sew. Dtitur.c
85 Hiram.) or, sometimes, instead of
86 the latter, henbane seeds (8cm.
87 ITyosojami n.) and long-pepper,
88 made with syrop into pills. Those