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Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt ...

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ON OPHTHALMIA. 397<br />

The shunn<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> night air, <strong>the</strong> wear<strong>in</strong>g of broad brimmed<br />

hats, or shades, <strong>in</strong> order to protect <strong>the</strong> eyes from <strong>the</strong> soiar rays,<br />

<strong>and</strong> frequent<br />

ablutions with cold water, constitute an essential part<br />

of <strong>the</strong> means of prevention of this disease.<br />

The <strong>Egypt</strong>ians, &c draw blood from <strong>the</strong> temples by scarify<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> parts. They have likewise remedies which <strong>the</strong>y occasionally<br />

<strong>in</strong> this disease.<br />

employ<br />

Thev take, for example, equal quantities of powdered galls, <strong>and</strong><br />

crude antimony, <strong>and</strong> mix <strong>the</strong>se <strong>in</strong>gredients with v<strong>in</strong>egar, <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong><br />

consistence of a paste, with which <strong>the</strong>y<br />

ano<strong>in</strong>t <strong>the</strong><br />

eyes.<br />

of <strong>the</strong> women to<br />

Antimony is one of <strong>the</strong> common pigments<br />

blacken <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>and</strong><br />

eye-lids eye-brows.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r celebrated remedy with <strong>the</strong>m is a<br />

collyrium, composed<br />

of equal parts of chizmeh* powdered, sugar c<strong>and</strong>y, <strong>and</strong> alum mix-<br />

ed with v<strong>in</strong>egar,<br />

The French practitioners make mention of a species of ophthalmv<br />

depend<strong>in</strong>g upon a bilious state of <strong>the</strong> stomach; likewise ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

species accompanied with a spasmodic affection of <strong>the</strong> globe of <strong>the</strong><br />

eye.<br />

I do not recollect to have met with ei<strong>the</strong>r of <strong>the</strong>se descriptions<br />

of ophthalmia <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

country.<br />

* A small black sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g seed, which comes from Darfour, of which I collected a<br />

fmall portion.

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