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
an two ounces Myrrhae one ounce Croci halfe a dramme Aquae lib. 2. Boyle all at a gentle fier to the consumption of the one halfe and in that decoction being hot infuse a new peece of sponge and with the same clense the sore and then bind a soft peece of sponge wet in the same liquor and it will worke a wonderfull effect as hath often beene proued An other medicine Recip Succi foliorum lilii vel radicum eius foure ounces Viridis aeris vsti one ounce Mellis puri three ounces Olei nucum Cerae q. s Boyle all to the consumption of the iuyces and make an oyntment of which put it in cum licinio or tent as is fit I will describe an other medicine which doth not onely cure the Lacrimall fistula but all other Fistulas Recip Centauri minoris Aristolochiae rot an aur 1. Mirrhae aur 3. Aluminis Gallae an aur halfe Ireos Sarcocollae Seif memitae an aur 1. Viridis aeris one scruple Mixe all with hony and make an oyntment When the bone is foule we vse an actuall cautier and touch the bone through a Canula which cautier must be either of brasse or siluer and being artificially applied will cure the fistula I sayth the Author haue wrought with the Cautier as aforesaid and haue had very good successe Generall rules for the conseruation of the sight Chap. 9. Whosoeuer doth desire to preserue his sight let him take heed of the inequality of the ayre of fire smoake winde immoderate Coiture much labour superfluous weeping drunkennesse ouermuch sleepe especially in the day-time vpon meat immoderate watchings Let them also auoid meates that doe ingender vapours such as Cabbidge Coleworts Onions Garlick all sharpe thinges and Salt sallets beanes and peason all fat thinges whether they be of flesh or of oyle all thinges of hard digestion must be auoided and all thinges that are vaporous Medicines that doe conserue the sight some are abstersiue and clensing and meanely temperate such as are Fennell and a Collirium of the same Succus memitae and Eiebright of its owne property some there are which doe preserue the eyes by altering or warming by cooling moistning or drying some preserue the sight by lenifying the asperitie and other thinges by other meanes of which we will speake afterwards A Collirium Democriti which doth cleare the sight and preserue the same Recip Succi faeniculi depurati lib. halfe Boyle it a little in a vessell of brasse and let it remaine a while til it haue a residence then add two ounces of pure hony and boyle it againe at a gentle fire with ten or twelue leaues of good gold then straine it and put it into a violl of glasse stopping the mouth thereof very close then set it in the sunne powring it from vessell into vessell taking alwaies away the residence and put thereof into the eyes some doe add thereunto the gall of a Cocke the quantitie of two drammes Another that doth conserue the sight Recip Tutiae Alexandrinae praep Antimoniipraep Lapidis haematitis Ossis sepiae marinae abluti aeris vsti Cortieum aeris Aloes folii croci an partem Vnam Piperis Macropiperis Salis ammoniaci an partem halfe Margaritarum Myrobal cheb Spumae maris Clymiae aureae Saccari Musci caphurae an partem quartam 1. Let it be very finely beaten and ground vpon a marble diuers times vntill it be a very fine powder of which put into the eyes The eyes of a Crowe hung about the neck strengthneth a weake sight and doth preserue the eyes the roote of swines grasse or knot grasse dryed in the decrease of the Moone and hung about the neck doth also conserue and strengthen the sight neither doth it suffer them to be inflamed Also take the leaues of Rue of Roses Fennell Eiebright and Celendine of each equall parts distill them all togither and put a little of this water into the eyes for it is the best Collirium for clearing of the eyes for the conseruation and comfort of the sight and it must be made in the spring-time Also longe Comings and frictions of the head doth diuert and turne away the vapours that doe offend the sight also it is good to behould greene thinges and the skies Cleare spectacles are also very good Moreouer fill the hollownes of the hand in the morning with cold water and with the same wash open the eies Also a nutmeg beaten with hony and eaten in the morning doth preserue the sight also your Mirobalans Condite doe the same An excellent oyntment for the eyes Take Auxungia recens two ounces steepe it in rose water for six howers space afterwards wash it againe in white wine twelue seuerall times for the space of six howers more then add thereto of Tutia praep and in fine powder one ounce Lapis hematites well washed one scruple Aloes lota et pul gr 12. margaritarum gr 3. mix it and with a little water of fennell make an oyntment whereof put a small quantity into the corner of the eyes FINIS Diet. Aire Windes Dust Smoke Meates Fish Preparatâ—â—â— of meates Intrals Braines Milke Egges Sauces Spices 〈…〉 〈◊〉 herbs 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Rape 〈◊〉 Turnep â—â—uites â—eares â—pples â—igges â—aisons Nuts Dates Confects Drinkes Beere Wine â—edicinall â—â—inkes â—rinke â—ade with â—â—â—bright â—rnoldus 〈◊〉 villa noâ—â— â—he praise 〈◊〉 eiebright 〈◊〉 the sight 〈…〉 Eiebright taken in an egge Eiebright may be vsed in beere in ale or meade How Eieâ—â—ight wine may be vsed The vse of Eiebright ale and of Eiebright beere Ale made with grout How to make Eiebright Ale and beere Eiebright meade The quantity of eiebright to the drinke Fenell seeds Spices may be added The effect confirmed by examples Drinkes more compounded for the sight The most compound not alwaies best Drinke often and small draughts Not best to begin the meale with drinke When to mingle water with wine Breade Past with fenil seeds Euacuation Fulnesse hurtfull Vse of Venus Sleepe and watching The Moone shine hurtfull to the sight Exercises Writing after meate Frictions Combing the head Affections of the minde Outward Medicines The smell of marieruÌ„ Things comfortable to the sight Eie cups Things put into the eies A preparation of the iuice of fenell Lignum aloes good for the sight Sal gemma doth cleare the sight The vrine of a childe A lie of fenel stalkes A preparation of the liuer of a Goate for the sight Collyrium de fellibus A powder for the sigâ—â— A sirup for the sight An excellenâ— electuary 〈◊〉 preserue the fight Distilled â—aters
these words Eie-bright is good any way taken either with meate drinke or medicine greene and dry against all impediments of the sight whereby the clearenes of the same may be obscured And hee writeth thus of wine made with Eiebright which hee calleth Vinum euphragtatum This wine saith he is made by putting the herbe in the muste or new wine vntill the same wine become cleare to be drunke By the vse of this wine old mens sights are made young it taketh away the impediments of the sight in all mens of all ages especially in fat men and such which doe abound with phlegme One saith he which was blind and did see nothing in long time by vsing this wine one yeare was restored to his sight The herbe is hot and drie and hath by propertie of substance to remoue affectes of the sight And so the powder of the herbe taken in an egge or drunken in wine doth vvonderfully performe the same And there are yet aliue saith hee witnesses of good credit which haue made proofe heereof in themselues which could not reade without spectacles but by vse hereof haue recouered their sight to reade small letters And so Arnoldus concludeth that nothing to doe good to the sight is to be compared with wine made with eiebright If the wine be too strong he counselleth to allay the same with fennell water and to that intention you may also adde sugar In countries which for their common drinkes do vse wine and water they alway do mingle things for the sight in wine and not in water for wine in truth is a fitter liquor to receiue the qualities and to carry the same to the eyes then water which thinges they do put in the muste and so let it stand vntill the wine be ripe and ready to be drunken and so do vse it Notwithstanding in other Countries which haue other vsuall drinkes the same things may be put in their common drinks So some haue put them in ale some in beere and some in meade and no doubt but all these meanes are very good according to the vsage and disposition of the partie So euen in this our Country they which either by vse or by constitution of body may wel beare the drinking of wine may well compound the same with things good for the sight others of hot complexions and drie not greatly accustomed to wine may of ale beere and meade make such drinkes because in the North countries ale and beere are the vsuall and common drinkes and in some places meade also is much vsed therefore in mine opinion it is conuenient for most men to make these drinkes with ale beere and meade rather then with wine and meade assuredly is a very conuenient thing for them which can well away with hony Touching the direction of those which haue bin accustomed to drinke wine I do nothing doubt but that they may with out offence beare such drinks for the sight compounded with wine to take a draught in the morning especially if the allay the same with the distilled water of fenell according to Arnoldus counsell And for this purpose choyse may bee made of very good white wine and the thinges may bee mingled in the countries where the wine doth growe notwithstanding in that our most vsed drinke with meat is ale or beere these are very conuenient to receiue these thinges for the sight and absolutely better then wine if yee like to drinke the same with meate as our authors doe counsell Which ale I thinke better to be made with grout according to the old order of brewing And so the thinges for the sight may be sodden in the grout or other way put in the drinke when it is newly clensed put into the vessell in which it is tunned to be kept that in the working of the drink in the vessel the vertues and qualities of the thinges may be drawne and receiued into the same When these thinges are compounded in meade then the same are sodden with the honie in such order as other herbes are sodden when they make methegline I thinke it best to begin with the simplest order to compound ale or beere to each mans best liking with eiebright only taking to euery gallon of the drink a great handfull of the herbe and bind it together or put it in raw and thinne tinsell of silke and so tie the same by a string to the tap of the vessell that the herbe may hang in the middest of the drinke not too low in the ground neither to high in the barme being put into the drinke when it is newlie clensed let all worke togither vntill the drinke be cleare and ripe to be drunken according to the common vse and then ye may drinke of it at pleasure in the morning fasting and at meate also if you will and can well like thereof and most men may like to drinke it because this herbe doeth yeeld no vngratefull taste but rather with a pleasant sapour doth commend the drinke It were not amisse to avoide windines to euery handfull of the herbe to adde two drammes of fenell seeds well dusted and a little bruised As I doe put this for more proportion to beginne with-all that the stomacke be not at the first offended with the strangenesse So after a time yee may increase the quantitie and put to euery gallon of the drinke two handfuls of the herbe wherein yee may best be directed by the taste that the herbe shall yeeld into the drinke In the winter season yee may also adde some spices as ginger whole mace a few cloues nutmegs cinnamon and make as it were bragget ale which drinke besides that it doth preserue and cleere the sight will also helpe digestion clense and cut phlegme and breake winde I can witnes that many by this simple composition of eiebright and fenell seeds haue found great good for their sight not onely to continue in good estate but also that some haue found remedie against the dimnes and other impediments growing in their sight In truth once I met an old man in Shropshire called M. Hoorde aboue the age of 84. yeares who had at that time perfit sight and did read small letters very well without spectacles hee told me that about the age of 40. yeares finding his sight to decay he did vse Eiebright in ale for his drinke and did also eate the powder thereof in an egge three daies in a weeke being so taught of his father who by the like order continued his sight in good integrity to a very long age I haue heard the same confirmed by many old men Rowland Sherlooke an Irish man Phisition to Queene Marie did affirme for truth that a Bishop in Ireland perceiuing his sight to wax dimme about his age of fifty yeares by the vse of eiebright takē in powder in an egge did liue to the age of 80 yeares with good integrity of sight
part of it either aboue or beneath or in the midst in such manner that that onely part of the thing before our face can be discerned which is placed against the part of the eie which is affected Some there are that doe contend and affirme that this suffusion is no disease but an outward moysture collected before the pupil or apple of the eie which humidity seeing that it is a substance doth not seeme to be a disease because it is a quallity and is placed vnder the predicament of quality but to leaue an ouer curious questioning whether it be a disease or quality we will proceed to the cure Now to proceed in order to the cure first you must purge the braine with pils that are proper for that purpose and giue them to the patient the day before you begin your cure then the next day following about nine of the clock in the morning the patient yet fasting prouided that the cataract be ripe and confirmed cause him to sit ouert vhart a stoole in ryding fashione and sit on the same stoole face to face and make the parient to hold his sound eie closed with his hand and in that sort charge him to sit steadfastly without starting or stirring in any-wife let another also stand behind him and hold his head very stedfast this done first with your owne hand lift vp the ouer-eie-lid and then with thy other hand put in thy needle made for that purpose in at the greater corner of the eie and finely trilling the tunicle called saluatella or saluatrix writh alwaies thy finger to and fro till thou touch with the point of thy needle the corrupt water which is indeed the cataracte and then begin by little and little to remoue that water from before the sight to the corner of the eie and keepe it there with the point of your needle the space of three minuts of an houre and then remoue your needle easily from it and if it happen to rise againe bring it back the second time but this you must beware of that when the needle hath touched the catarract you doe not writh it about with your fingers to and fro till it be set in his place before named but to draw it thither gently and when you haue it there trill the needle about vntill it hath gathered the water about it and then pull it out when this is done cause him to shut close his eie and apply therevpon a plaster of flaxe and the white of an egge and cause him to lie in his bed nine daies together remouing the plaster three times in the day and so many times in the night without any other stirring of it and prouide also that hee lie in a very darke place and let him be kept in a thin diet as reare egges and white bread and if hee be young and of strength let him drinke Barly water but otherwise let him drinke small ale and wine delayd with water for truely too much nourishment would offend in procreating too much bloud in the eie which is very hurtfull in the beginning of the cure When the ninth day is past let him arise and wash his eies with faire cold water and hee shall inioy his sight by the helpe of GOD. euen as well as hee had it before Of the Aegilops or the lacrimall Fistula Chap. 8. Betweene the nostrills and the greater corner of the eye riseth an Aposthume which the Grecians do call Aegilops that is oculus Caprinus a Goats eye because that Goats are subiect to this disease wee call this disease Fistula lacrimalis This Aegilops may happen through euery humor yet neuerthelesse it happeneth most often through fleagme seldome through bloud but seldome or neuer from choller or melancholly the flegmatick humor continually flowing by the flesh of the lacrimall corner to the nostrils and sometimes vnder the same flesh being there detained doth putrifie and breaketh out into a fistulous vlcer from whence certaine doe imagine that Aegilops happeneth alwaies from fleagme and by bloud also this disease is wont to bee excited but not so often as with fleagme but it is sufficient to know that this lacrimall fistula happeneth from some virulent humor and that which is corrosiue As concerning the cure at the first beginning we must presently vse repellents such as is rose-water and the white of an egge well beaten together or with oyle of roses mixt with vineger which oyle must be boyled to the consumption of the vineger then adde thereto a little milke wee must be carefull that none of the oyle stick to the eye for to that part it is very biting or apply thereto Halica boyled in vineger and beaten well together for it doth not onlye help them in the beginning but after they alter into Apostume and doth breake them and pierce euen to the very bone or a medicine framed of these glaucium saffron and the iuyce of Pellitory of the wall but the medicine must be oftentimes changed I saith Trallianus haue hindered these Aegilops as yet not growne to matter by the vse of these things that they neuer came to suppuration or the place is to be anointed with a Collyrium which doth vehemently stupifie and least the matter should happen to be cold we take bdellium dissolued in vineger with oyle of Roses which may be mixed therewith or Ammoniacum and the iuyce of fennel or snailes with their shells sometime with Aloes and sometimes with Myrhe mixed and so apply it In the meane time wee must ordaine a diet of such meate as is of good nourishment and containing but few superfluities as are Chickins Hens Partriges Fesants Doues Larkes new laid Egges Raisons and sweet Almonds let his drinke be Hydromell or wine delayed with water for diuersion of the humor flowing the humerall veine of that side in the arme must be cut or some other diuersions with cupping glasses or frictions and ligatures must bee vsed also the humors abounding digested and prepared must be auoided with hiera piera or hiera logodion or with pilles of cochia or by clysters and sharpe Suppositories neither will one purgation suffice but diuers and often reiterated but if the disease doe continue wee must vse topicall meanes and such as are discussiue Paulus commendeth ruta Satiua cum lixiuio framed of Ashes and lime indeed in the beginning it is somwhat biting but afterward it is most gentle and doth penetrate vnto the very bone Alexander Trallianus doth shew an approued medicine which is the inward membrain of the reede that which we find about the knots and mixe it with honny and apply the same changing the same foure times a day when the place is well clensed and purged dip a spunge in mulsa and foment it this aforesad menbrain of the reede may bee applyed by it selfe or else Recip Staphisagriae two drammes Ammoniaci in aceto dissoluti halfe an ounce mixe them and apply it An other Recip Mellis puri Aloes hepat
they are to bee burned whole and the pouder to be mixt with honny the pouder of the cuttle bone or the pummis stone may bee also mixed with honny as before If you would haue it stronger mixe a little salt Armoniac but first foment the eye with a decoction of Fenugreeke Aetius vseth to burne Plantaine seed and addeth to the pouder mirhe and also the scales and flowre of brasse but wee should apply no mettals to the eyes except it be first burnt and washed for by the burning and washing the sharpnes and biting quality is remoued and so it doth raise no fluxe of which our cheefest care should bee Also wee may vse oyle of vitriol but it must bee well corrected with milke but yee shall note that a great and inueterate web can be cured by no meanes but by Chirurgery such are those that couer the whole ball and black of the eye webs grosse and thick black and which do affect the temples by consent are in no hand to bee medled withall In like manner if there be suspition of a Catarhact beginning and there be also a web that is white and soft we must abstain from thinges eating because they generate and increase the Catarhact Aetius Celsus doe shew Chirurgery and especially Paulus Aegneta in his 6. booke and Cha 28. where he doth shew a double kind of cure the first that the web be stretched once with a thread then with a launcet to be excoriated the second to make a passage with a needle that may containe a thread or setam which is the bristle of an hogge and so hanging with the thread the web shall be cut with the bristle about the apple as it were with a saw and that which doth remaine about the lachrimall shall with the launcet be cut away Of the Hypopion or matter vnder the Cornea Chap. 4. Because that Hypopion followeth to Hyposphagma that is eyes that are bloudy by meanes of some veine being rupted or open which is also called Aimalops because in this affect all thinges seeme red therefore the bloud-shotten eyes must be quickly lookt vnto least by neglect it growe into a leady colour and then doth suppurate and degenerate into Hypopion for that hapneth to the eye that hapneth to the skin by some blowe and groweth when corrupt matter is in great aboundance so that it doth occupie halfe the blacke of the eye or shineth through the horny coate which couereth the whole apple of the eye this affect may rise not onely of an vlcer but also of great payne in the head or inflamation in the eye that is corrupted and besides inflamation it may grow from aboundance of humors which doe breake open the mouthes of the veines also or stroake or falls may make the bloude disperse and flye abroad which turneth to suppuration ad Pus when it is out of their proper vessels To preuent the inconueniences the patient must forthwith be let bloud in the arme and in the temples and in the corner of the eyes if it be possible also we must vse cupping glasses vpon the shoulders and such medicines as may stay inflamations afterwards we must vse such medicines as doe resolue and asswage payne such as these Recip Cadmie one ounce aeris vsti halfe an ounce Rosarum siccar foure drammes Croci one dramme Folii one dramme Lapidis Sus one dtamme Mirrhae two drams Gummi six drams Beat them with sweet wine and vse them with an egge Also a Collirium ex Thure called Diolibanum Recip Thuris Cerusae an one ounce and a halfe Cadmia Pompholigis Terrae sanctae Amili Gummi an six dramms Opii two drammes Squam aeris one ounce Tragacanth fiue dramms Let this be framed with rayne water Or this Recip Croci Aloes Mirrha an one dramme Vini three drams Mellis six drams Let the Saffron be dissolued in wine then let it be mixt with hony and kept in a glasse vessell with which twise or thrise a day annoynt the eies If these medicines and remedies doe not preuaile then we must trye another way let the patient be set in a conuenient place hauing one to stay his head behind then let the Chyrurgian hold his with one hand with the instrument called Speculum oculi described in Parcus Chirurgery and with the other hand with the point of a launcet he shall neatly and cunningly scarifie the horny tunicle vntill he come to the corrupted and slimy matter which he shall make to auoide by little and little After this worke ended he shall vse repercussiue medicines and medicines auoyding and ceasing paine as the white of an egge beaten with rose and plantain waters and then apply the remedies which shal be set down for vlcers in the eyes which be clensing increasing flesh and closing vp Moreouer the Chyrurgian must be very carefull least flesh grow in the incision of the Membrain which will bring both hurt and also deformity to the partie to preuent which this Collyrium is much availeable and also commended and doth also preuent inflammation Recip Gummi Arabic six drammes Spodii foure drammes Thuris Mirrhae Acatiae Spicaenard Squamae aeris Opii an two drammes With rayne water bring them to a perfect forme and then make them into small trociskes and when you will vse them wet them in the white of an egge with rose and plantaine waters Of Strabismus Strabismus is an euill motion of the Muscles mouing the eyes or a conuulsion of the eies which if it be vnnaturall is vncurable and that which commeth by accidents is hardly or neuer to be cured vnlesse perhaps it be in infants for the eye for examples sake being conuulsed is reduced ad leuam Rasis and Auicen doth commend the bloud of a Turtle to be instilled also the pye is eaten with profit and the powder thereof is referred into a Collyrium some suppose that the head of a Bat being burnt and powdered others commend the head of a Swallow taken by insufflation Of Amaurosis or Gutta Serena or Obfuscatio starke blindnes or Hallucinatio Chap. 5. Amaurosis is commonly an hindrance to the whole sight without any appearance at all in the eye for the apple appeareth sound and vnchanged onely the Neruus opticus is stopped this disease is vncurable because there are no remedies therefore wherefore as yet the humor being not setled as Aetius doth testifie that he saw one that did recouer the sight onely with the applying of cupping glasses with scarification Remedies are not to be neglected often purgation with pils of Iod with Trochisks of Alhandall Hydroticks Masticatoria and also vehement Errhina are not to be neglected for in this onely affect of the eyes they doe good the braine must be dryed with a cappe fit for the same cautiers must be applyed at the roote of the eare for that cause remembred by Fernelius and in Inio for reuulsion beware you forget not to vse cupping glasses When the eye is exasperated annoynt it with fresh butter