Year: 1877

reading. writing. working, or in any
other way, it should always be done
with an oblique light, and never witt
a horizontal light. As TO the use of To-
tiOns, several prescriptions are giveI
in the little book we commenced with
as well as in other works, but | forbeal
to transcribe any of them, excellent al
they no doubt would be, because 10,
ton too strong, or too frequently ap.
piled, or not exactly the proper lotior
for a special case or individual peculi'
arity, might do far more harm thar
good. unless used under professional
supervision. The only exception ID
that of pure water. In cases of much
inflammation, or difficulty of opening
the eyelids in the morning, the water
should be warm, and it may be mixed
with warm milk; butin nearly all Other
cases the water should be cold. All
those who have been engaged in read
ing or writing during several hours at a
stretch, and especially at night, should
carefully bathe the eyes with cold wa
tar before going to bed, and the first
thing in the mornings ablutiOns. "All
artisans who work at blazing fire
ought often to wash their eyes with
cold pure water; and so should all those
who work in wool, particularly carders
and spinners, and all those employed
in wOolen and cotton manufactures,
&C.; for the fine dust almost impre-
ceptible, it may be called, which such
works disperse, often produces cataracts
obstinate infiammatiOns, swelled eye
lids" &c. | once lived, during weeks
at time, on the banks of all ophthal-
mic river in the interior of Australia,
and numbers of settlers and shepherds,
and bushmen and diggers were afflicted
every summer and autumn with sore
eyes-sO sore in some cases that you
might have thought they would never
open them again. One day squatter
who owned sheep station thereabouts
rode up from Melbourne with great
air. He was "swell-squatter,' who
only now and then came to visit his
snug little farm on the river to "see
how his stock got on" asked his ad-
vice for the sore eyes of his shepherds
and others. at serves them right !"
said he. 81 never have these sore eyes
and you, sir, will never have sore eyes.
No gentleman ever has" Not exactly
perceiving the nice distinction in this
matter, demurred. at is a nice dis
tinctiOn," said he; it is just that. You,
no doubt, often wash your eyes with
cold water. Those fellows never do"
There was, no doubt, much reason in
this, but something else was the cause.
Beside the dirtiness of neglecting the
hot sand and dust in the eyes, flies
often rushed into them, and were not
soon or easily cleared out; there was,
moreover, very small river fly, who
either bit or stung, and inflammation
very speedily set in. | should have
been very thankful at that time for the
sake of others (my horse included), as
well as myself, to have received the
following advice: Whenever a fly or
other insect, a small flying seed, quick
lime, dust, or any other minute object,
gets into the eye ii. e., under the eye
lid, "dO not adopt the common habit
of rubbing, or even of washing with
water, but gently raise, or get a gentle
hand to raise for you, the eyelid, and
bend the head forward. In keeping
thus the eyelid elevated, and the eye
quiescent for few moments, one feels
flow of tears starting from the organ
which seldom fails to bring along with
it the cause of the pain, or at least to
carry it toward the corner of the eye
next to the nose, from whence it may
be removed by fine handkerchief
folded to point, If this operation is
not sufficient then finger ought to be
passed frequently, yet gently, over the
eye toward the great canthus Cor in
terror cOrner), by which means the sub
stance is made to descend toward the
lachrymal glands, from whence it may
be drawn by fine hair pencil" If the
irritating substance still remains, then
we are instructed that "the upper eye
lid must be taken as before, and kept
elevated as much as possible, and the
eye being turned toward the nose, a
very fine camels hair pencil, dipped
in cream, oil, or very fresh butter
(without an atom of salt in 1t, remem-
ber), must be introduced between the
eyelid and the body of the eye, begin
ming at the exterior corner and ending
at the interior corner" If the very
fine hair pencil is not successful, you
will be almost certain to succeed with
one rather larger. Should all these ef-
forts fail, which is extremely unlikely
if they are properly performed, do not
set to work rubbing or washing the eye,
as you must obtain professional assist
ance. Be sure to bathe the eye fre-
quently in cold water as soon as, and
for some time after, the irritating sub


stance has been extracted.-Frdser'S
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