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245&#93; E Y Those pan who have ;i just n ird t >r the •!, cannot testify it re I aaliy, than by t sp to thi fresh air ; and, if it ilea ss ay to le them In nurseries, in ■ ting the smallest and lowi st apartment, the loftiest and most airy should be appropriated Lo thai purpose. For a similar reason, in- fants ought to vi nd a considerable part of their time near the win- dows, where distant objects may attract their attention ; a pra whic i is highly con ticive to the improvement or" sight. Those adults who are affli with weak eyes, should always burn two candles, placed in such a direction that therr flame be neither too high nor too low ; or rather make use of proper lamps: See vol. i. p. 432 ; and also, the article Lamps. — Person-, of this descrip- tion should never approach strong fires, nor lire in hot rooms 3 for heat dissipates the natural moisture still remaining in debilitated eyes, so that it materially tends to weak- en that organ, and at length in- duces total biindness. Rest, after long exertions, is very neces and useful to the eyes, but the lids should never be too closely shut, as a eontinuap.ee of that practice is very pernicious. Similar effects arise from a rude and frequent friction of these tender parts. Few remedies for preserving the eyes are more refreshing and invi- gorating, than cautiously bathing them in cold water, three or four times in the day; the eye not be- ing abruptly immersed, and the washing expeditiously managed. The drying of the eyes should like- wise Le carefully performed, lest EYE [* w thai organ be too much stimulated, and at length inflamed. Eyes of Hohses. — These are liable to a variety ol lis< ases, which pioce from a deffuxion or rheum, or from some external in- jur- If a defluxion be the cause of the malady, it will previously be isary to ascertai 1, whether it arises from the eye itself, or from some other injured part, as, in the latter case, the healing of that part will generally cure the eye. In the former, it will be requisite to administer remedies which cool the animal's blood : with this inten- tion, two ounces of Glauber's salts, and two drams of nitre, may be I, and given every day with his bran ; but if he should loathe his food, an equal quantity of the liver of antimony may be substituted, till his appetite returns. "When the eye has received ex- ternal injury, the following appli- cation is recommended : Take of hog's lard ; the oil of roses ; and of elder, equal parts ; and as soon as those ingredients are incorpoi at- ed over t e fire, anoint the eye af- fected, whici will soon recover its former energy. — Some horses have naturally weeping eyes, which emit a sharp, acrid humour. These, however, may be easily cured, by washing or bathing them every day with brandy. Eye-water for Horses. — Mr. Bradley recommends the follow- ing preparation, as being of singu- lar arhcacy in curing rheums in the eyes of this noble animal : Take four ou.ces of alehoot, or ground- ivy (not the creeping ivy), beat it in a marble mortar with the whites of six hard eggs, and add half a pint of clear white wine ; a quar- ter of a piiit of rose-water ; sugar- II 3 candy