The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age ... to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles ... / by an experienced oculist.

  • Beer, Georg Josef, 1763-1821.
Date:
1816
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Credit: The art of preserving the sight unimpaired to an extreme old age ... to which are added, observations on the inconveniences and dangers arising from the use of common spectacles ... / by an experienced oculist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yond that all friction is dangerous, and will produce inflammation ; hut some salt or vinegar, or both, should be added to a little water, in which a piece of brown paper may be steeped, and then applied upon the eyelid, in form of a com- press, which will dissipate any incipient swelling. I have several times seen a consider- able and painful swelling take place on the eyelids, from the injudicious hand- ling of cantharides, which, however, has been removed in a few days by the fre- quent application of a similar piece of paper, dipped in four ounces, or quarter of a pint of water, in which a drachm of spirits of camphor had been mingled. CHAPTER III. Treatment of the Eyes when any Contu- sion has taken place in their Vicinity, and also when a wound has bled. After a blow on the region of the