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243&#93; EYE nee of mental and bo* irritation should be carefully led. EYE, the organ of sight, by means of which visible objects are jt presented to the mind. It would be deviating from our plan, to give a minute anatomical description of this most useful or- gan ; we shall, therefore, confine our attention to the necessary treat- ment of the eve, in a diseased as well as healthy state ; in order to ensure a sound sight, to the latest period of life. The eve is extremely tender, and liable to a variety of diseases, the most common of which are the following : 1. Tiie eye-lids are sometimes infested with tumors of diffi lauds, and more particularly the sti/e, which grows on ti the eye-lid 3 is attended with heat, stiffness, pair, ; and, unless pr is be taken, with suppuration. It is a kind of abscess, which, in general, may be removed by cutient application's ; but, should these prove ineffectual, a small emollient poultice ought to be ap- plied, to induce a suppuration, af- ter which the turner will spontane- ously heal. In case, however, it should not have the desired effect, a pnrgeon must open the stve with he point of a lancet ; when the matter will be discharged. 2. Warts, and other tumors, which require the same treatment as when they arise on other parts of the body. But if, in extirpating such excrescences, part of the eye- lid should be corroded, the lips of the sore must be laid as nearly to- gether as possible, and the matter hardening on it, frequently re- moved, without the application of EYE [«*j any dressings i for these, hov. mild, will only irritate and inllaino the ball of the <■■ 3. The eye-lashes are, in some cases, so much inverted as to rub upon the eye, and thus produce pain and inflammation. This com- plaint arises from a variety of causes, without a complete know- ledge of which it would be danger- ous to attempt any application. Persons afflicted with this, or any other disease in the eye, ought without loss of time, to avail th m- selves ofpr : advice, or to consult an experienced oculist, who is able to ascertain the true source from which the disorder proceeds. 4. A protrusion of the eye, if it amount to a considerable degree, is attended with much deformity and mess, arising not only from a large portion of the lining of the eye-lid being turned outwards, but also from too great an exposure of the pup 1. If this defect proceed from an enlargement of the eye- ball, or in consequence of a drop- sical swelling, the affection of the whole system must be attended to, without applying any local reme-
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cicatrix of an old wound, or an ab- scess, it may be relieved by care- lividifig the skin, and taking the utmost precaution to guard 1st the effects of inflammation : such operations, however, should be performed only by skilful Lands. — Lastly, if it be originally pro- duced by the small-pox, scrophula, &c. cr arise from old age, the c r es should be bathed dady with cold water, cr with some astrin- gent, and saturnine solution, 5. Specks are someumes formed Upon the white part of the eye, but more frequently upon the cornea, or the transparent horny coat, which R % covers