Copy 1, Volume 1

A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd ... with a competent number of medicines for every stage / By Peter Shaw.

Peter Shaw

Date:: 1738

Credit: A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd ... with a competent number of medicines for every stage / By Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

73/444 page 51

$Sect. II. Mydriafls. the remedies prefcribed for a catarrh. If the hu¬ mor fettle there, treat it as a fuffujion, pag, 42,43, 5. If from flatulencies ; after univerfal evacua¬ tions, foment the eyes with a decodtion of fl. rof rub. chamcemel. herb, fcenic. rutce, &c. If from confuflon, attended with inflammation, treat it as an ophthalmia, lee pag. 35, &c. 6. If there be no inflammation, apply a cata^ plafm of flor. balauft. rofar. rubr. cort. granat, fa¬ rm.fabar.figil. folom. croc. &c, And whether he- . reditary, natural or adventitious, after univerfal evacuations, and removal of fuch fymptoms as de¬ pend not on the relaxation of the uvea, ufe the following. R Specier. pro confebf. fracaftor. pulv. aloes, flor. balauft. rofar. rubr. cort. granat. alum. lift, da 3 fl. lap. tutice 3 ]'. facch. cand. alb. 3 ij. crocidQ. vin. alb. % vj. <2^. rofar. rub. § ij. /. infufio f. a. cola- m turce adde vin. emet. ^ j. ut fit collyriumy de quo parum diftilla in oculum frequenter. 7. From the ftraknefs alfo, or conftridtion of A too great the papilla, arifes a diminution of fight*, which conftrifijon of may depend upon a caufe hereditary, external, oxthe^1 a' internal. Internal, when ’tis confequent upon fome difeafe of the body, external, when from fome accident, as too much light received into the eyes, or extravafation of the aqueous humor. If hereditary, or in the firft: formation, it appears from the date. If the caufe be internal, as from a decayed conftitution, general paralytic, or con- vulflve motions, it is ufually feen in both eyes. If it came by accident, as from contuflons or the like, it is generally determined to that eye which received the hurt. When from an extravafation of the aqueous humor, ’tis adjudged incurable ; except in infancy, when that humor is foon re¬ cruited. If hereditary, ’tis fuppofed incurable, tho* attended with but a fmall diminution of$