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A01822	Two treatises concerning the preseruation of eie-sight. The first written by Doctor Baily sometimes of Oxford: the other collected out of those two famous phisicions Fernelius and Riolanus; Briefe treatise touching the preservation of the eie sight	Baley, Walter, 1529-1592.; Fernel, Jean, 1497-1558. aut; Riolan, Jean, 1538-1605. aut	1616 (1616)	STC 1196; ESTC S114909	24,561	70

Lapis Armenius spectacles of Christalline or clear and pure glasse greene sky colours to dip the eies in cold water to which purpose many haue cups made in the forme of an eie called eie-cups to wash the eies with the waters or decoctions of eiebright roses and veruaine Some other things are put into the eies to clear the sight to remoue impediments which do often grow there to which purpose as approued very good without hurt the iuices waters of eie-bright of fenell of veruaine of marigolds of pearlwort are greatly commended And Montagnana doeth mention a certaine kinde of preparation of the iuice of fenell singular good to preserue the sight from dimnesse to take the iuce of fenell in the month of Aprill and to put it in a vessell of glasse with a long and narrow necke and let it stand fifteene daies in the sunne that it may be well dryed then remoue the glasse softly that you doe not trouble the residue or grounds and so powre it into another vessell and to euery halfe pound of the iuice put an ounce of chosen lignum aloes beaten into fine powder and let it stand other fifteene daies in the Sun Then straine it twise through a thick cloth and keepe the clearest in a vessell of glasse to your vse you may drop a little hereof into your eies to cleare the sight And some do distill this wood in a stillatory of glasse and put the water thereof into the eies and hold this for a great secret as miraculous to preserue the sight And the same Montagnana doeth compound another medicine more abstersiue to remedie the dimnes of the sight dissoluing in an ounce of the water of Rosemarie flowers two scruples of Sal gemma very finely powdered and filtered and counselleth to drop the same often into the eies affirming by his experience that it doeth so mightily cleare the sight that suffusions are thereby wonderfully remoued and especially moistures of the eies I am heere also in this place for the clensing and strenghtning of the eies especially to commend vnto you the frequent vse of old and cleere white wine in which the Calaminar stone hath beene oftentimes extinguished and likewise the pure liquor of good sugar-candy dissolued in the white of an egge being hard rosted and the yolke taken out Also our authors do commend the washing of the eies with the vrin of a childe and sometimes to drop the same into the eies And for this purpose also they do commend lie made of the ashes of fenell stalkes Wee doe read in all our writers great commendations of a liquor of the liuer of a goate prepared in manner following Take the liuer of a male goat not diseased nor newly killed and after it is well washed pricke it in many places and fill the same with graines of pepper and infarce the liuer with the leaues of fennell and of eiebright then rost it with a soft fire cleare not smoakie vntill it bee reasonably rosted and in the time of roasting receiue the liquor which doth distill in a conuenient vessell and apply the same to your vse Auicenna in his third fen third booke and fourth treatise cap. de debilitate visus aboue all other things doth commend the medicine called collyrium de fellibus for that it cleanseth the pores of the eies cleareth and conserueth the spirits mundifieth the moystures or waters of the sight as you may reade in Auicenna in the foresaide place Inward Medicines MEdicins to be taken inwardly are in number many but I thinke best at this time to mention a few which are easie to be had and as of great efficacy most commended of such the powder following is most simple yet by experience aproued of such force that many after their sight hath bin decaied haue by the vse of it receiued againe the same perfectly the powder is thus made Take of the powder of eiebright foure ounces of mace one ounce mingle them togither and take thereof the weight of three pence before meate Montanus in his 92. counsel giueth great praise to a sirup against the decay of the sight through the weakenes and dimnes of the same which he compoundeth thus Take of the iuices of fennel of each two ounces of veruaine of each two ounces of roses of each two ounces The leaues of the herbe eiebright of each M. S. of endiue of each M. S. of celendine of each M. S. boyle the herbes in two pints of water vntill the halfe be spent then straine it hard and mingle the iuices with the decoction and with sugar according to art make a sirup which is to be kept in a glasse vessell You may take two ounces of this sirup in the morning fasting In windy bodies hee maketh the sirup thus Take of fenell seeds of each iij. ounces of anise seeds of each iij. ounces of the herbs of eiebright of each M. iij. of veruaine of each M. iij. of rose-leaues of each M. iij. of celendine M. j. of rhue M. j. S. boile these in water vntill halfe be consumed straine it harde and with sugar siruppize the decoction both these sirups are excellent good to defend the sight from dimnesse Mesue in his booke called Grabadin writing of the diseases of the eies aboue all other medicines extolleth an electuary vnder the name of Humaine as hauing noble vettues to perserue the eies and to continue the visible spirites in their clearenesse which he compoundeth thus Take the herbe called Adhil that is eiebright ounces ij fenill seeds Drams v. mace of each Dra. j. cubebs of each Dra. j. cinamom of each Dra. j. long-peper of each Dra. j. cloues of each Dra. j. beate all into powder searse it then take of good hony clarified lib. j. of the iuice of fenill boyled and clarified one ounce of the iuce of Rhue of Celendine both boiled and clarified of each halfe an ounce boyle all to the height of an electuary and then put to it the powders according to art and so reserue it in glasse vessels You may take hereof the quantity of Dra. iij in wine as Mesue writeth If wine seeme too hot you may allay it with fenill water or with Eiebright water it must be taken in the morning fasting and you ought to forbeare the taking of other things by the space of three houres and so at night but then you must make a light supper and sup the more timely Where in this little Treatise mention is made of distilled waters I wish the same to be artificially done in stilli tories of glasse that the qualities of the herbes may remaine in the distilled waters And therefore I doe not allow of the common maner of distilling in stillirories of lead by the which the watry parts onely are drawne FINIS A Treatise of the principall diseases of the eyes gathered out of Fernelius and Iohn Riolamus Doctors of Phisicke AS

VVe do reade of many drinkes to preserue the sight compounded not of eie-bright onely but many moe thinges added so some put to it sage some veruaine some celendine and fennell seedes anise seeds the forenamed spices others elecampane rootes iris galengale cubebs and in truth all these are greatly commended to preserue the sight and may very aptly be put in drinkes for the sight notwithstanding for that we are now to deliuer a drinke for the sight which may bee pleasing and alowed with meates mine opinion is that the same ought to be made as simple as may be For if Gallen in his 6. booke de sanitate tuenda doth preferre the composition of the medicine termed diatrion piperiō which hath fewest simples because as he writeth that is soonest with lesse trouble to nature digested surely the drinkes for the sight which are compounded of fewest thinges are most to bee commended especially when we meane to vse the same with meate as all our authors do coūsell vs. Wherefore for my part at this time I will onely aduise to haue for vse either wine or ale or beere according to each mans best liking made as it is before prescribed with eiebright and fenell seeds and to drinke of the same in the morning or if it so like with meat as other drinke It is holded better to drinke oft and small draughts at meat then seldome and great draughts for so meat and drinke will better mingle and the meat will lesse swimme in the stomake which giueth cause of many vapours to the head It is affirmed not good to begin the meale with drinke but to eat somewhat before you drinke When you drinke wine if you meane to alay the same with water it is best to mingle to the wine fennell water or eiebright water and Montagnana doth counsell to doe the same some reasonable time before you do drinke and not presently when you drinke as commonly men doe Bread in our intention is to be made of fine flower of chosen wheat alway leuened and salted somewhat more then common bread well wrought throughly baked not new nor old of about a day or two daies old Vnleuened bread is not accompted good and the bread is better if fenell seeds be wrought with the past to which purpose some do cause cakes to be made of some portion of the dowgh in which they knead the powder of fenell seeds and the powder of eiebright and doe eate them in the morning and after drink the eiebright drinke and make that a breakfast As generally in the preseruation of health so especially to continue the sight it is conuenient that the body be obedient and doe his office for euacuation accordingly and if nature herein be slack it may be procured with brothes made of loose herbes as mallowes violet leaues mercury ground sell great raisons the stones taken out damaske pruines and currants and if neede be of more medicinall things surely the same must be gentle for as strong medicines which make agitation of humors are not good to be vsed for this intention so gentle medicines taken in due time doe great good to the sight which I doe leaue to the appointment and direction of a learned Phisition Of all manner of euacuation these which are done by vomiting are most hurtfull so are fluxes of blood by the nose And as belkes doe ease the stomacke so much belking giueth occasion that fumes doe arise to the fore-part of the head whereby the sight may be harmed Nothing is more hurtfull to health then fulnes And he that will continue his sight good must be carefull of ouer-plentifull feeding and therefore must end his meales with appetite and neuer lay gorge vpon gorge but so feede that the former meate may be concocted before hee doe eate againe It is best to make light suppers and some-what timely As modest vse of Venus perfourmed in the feare of God in due time when the meate in the stomacke is digested and nature is desirous to be disburdened is to be allowed so immoderate and vnseasonable vse thereof doth of all things most hurt the sight and soonest induce blindnes ouer-much watching is not good very long sleepes are more hurtfull the meane sleeps of about vij houres are best yet better to abridge the sleepe and to inlarge watching then contrariwise sleepe taken in the night is best as most naturall when externall aire doth not distract natures motion and all externall things concurre to helpe sleepe therefore the moe houres a man doth borrow of the day for sleepe the worser It is not good especially to this our purpose to sleepe immediatly after meate for two houres at the least ought to be put betweene meate and sleep Best to begin sleep vpon the right side and then to turne on the left side to sleepe vpright vpon the backe is naught generally to turne vpon the face worser for the sight Care must be had that you sleepe not in a chamber or any place in which the Moone doth shine Exercises are needfull the same best after the belly hath done his office that the excrements are a voided otherwise by exercise vapours are stirred and doe ascend more plentifully to the head All exercises must be done fasting and none after meate And I wish you might after meate for beare writing by the space of three houres but if your course of life and calling will not so permit you you may herein follow Montagnana his counsell to write either standing vpright or a little leaning and resting your head vpon your right or left cheeke in no case to write bowing your selfe forward and holding downe the head When opportunity and time will serue frictions with a rough linnen cloth are very good which are to be performed thus first to rub the feete the legges then the thighes the hips the buttockes ascending to the shoulders and necke with soft and long rubbings euen vntill the partes begin to wax red Amongst orders to remooue the weakenes of the sight Auicenna writeth that the combing of the head is not of least force which ought to be done euery morning fasting backwardes against the haire for it draweth the vapours out of the head and remoueth them from the sight Mirth ioy and pleasantnes of the minde is good a little anger doth not hurt immoderate sorrow fearefulnes and all vehement affections are forbidden in all affects but in this our case chiefly as most hurtfull to the sight To preserue the sight by Medicines THE order to preserue the sight by medicines doth consist of things outwardly applied inwardly taken Amongest outward medicines to preserue the sight it is accounted a great secret to smel much to marierum So these things following are sound very much to comfort the sight in staying the visible spirits from wasting videlicet corall pearle the stone called