. A system of surgery. it appears to be moft inflamed. The cur-ved fharp-pointed knife, Plate XLL fig. 5.lie recommends as the befl inftrument forthis operation. But with thofe not muchaccuflomed to it, 1 believe it will be eafierdone with the knife delineated in PlateXXXI. fig. 3, Vol. 111. ^- The fcarifications being completed, theeye fliould be immediately bathed in warmmilk and water, in order to promote asmuch as poffible a.free difcharge of blood:and this being done, he advifes a little ofthe following ointment to be introducedon the end of a blunt probe between theeye-lids, to be repeat
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. A system of surgery. it appears to be moft inflamed. The cur-ved fharp-pointed knife, Plate XLL fig. 5.lie recommends as the befl inftrument forthis operation. But with thofe not muchaccuflomed to it, 1 believe it will be eafierdone with the knife delineated in PlateXXXI. fig. 3, Vol. 111. ^- The fcarifications being completed, theeye fliould be immediately bathed in warmmilk and water, in order to promote asmuch as poffible a.free difcharge of blood:and this being done, he advifes a little ofthe following ointment to be introducedon the end of a blunt probe between theeye-lids, to be repeated once or twicedaily as long as the difeafe may continue, at the fame time that a w^eak faturnine fo- lution * I vas clearly of this opinion when the firft edi-tion of this volume went to the prefs in the month ofFebruary lafl; but having of late made trial of Mr Pel-liers inftrument in feveral cafes, I muft do him thejuftice of acknowledging that it anfwers better than anyother I have ever ufed. PLATU-XTjI. PIG. VIG.. VIG^. vfti.ML.s: A- L-F, ^•^. ^ ?-, 5 .S^v.p Sea. XIX. Bifcafes of the Eyes. 5 lucion is employed morning and eveningas a wafli. R. Mercur. precip. rubr. Lapid. calamin. pp. aa sifs*Lythargyrii pp. - 31.Tutis pp, - 3^:, Cinnab nativ, - 3i. F. pulv. tenuiffim. et mifce cum axungigeporcinae §ii. et adde balfam, Peruvian! gUtt. XV. This ointment Mr Pellier makes ufe ofwith much freedom and advantage in alldifeafes of the eyes that have either beeninduced by inflammation, or that happento be attended with it; and he finds it par-ticularly ufeful in thofe cafes of i^lbugoorLeucoma where corrofive applications areadmiiTible. It fometimes happens in the fmall-pox, as well as in fevere inflammatory affec-tions of the eye, from whatever caufe theymay originate, that the centre of the cor--nea is left in a ftate of opacity, by matterforming between the coats -of it. Whenthis is not carried off by the remediesi:ifually employed, if the iris, retina, and other 5 2 Blfea