A guide to old age, or a cure for the indiscretions of youth / [William Brodum].

  • Brodum, William
Date:
1795
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to old age, or a cure for the indiscretions of youth / [William Brodum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ^ ] antimonial preparations, may be taken to advantage. Externally, Hungary water fhould be apphed as a collyrium. In cafes of relaxation, the bark bids fair to be ufeful. I have often prefcribed copper, or a folution of Roman vitriol, ufed externally as a collyrium, and thefe, with the affif- tance of country air and exercife, I have frequently found fuccefsfuh For inflammation of the eye-lids, the fofter animal oils may often prove advan- tageous, thofe of poultry, perhaps, more particularly fo; or if thefe cannot be procured, the vegetable oils, free from rancidity, and formed into an ointment with white wax, may be ufed with equal advantage. The reafon that owls, &c. cannot fee diftinctly in the day, is becaufe their pupil being exceedingly dilated and incontractible, admits too large a quantity of the rays of light, for the purpofe