Attempt to investigate the cause of the Egyptian ophthalmia, with observations on its nature and different modes of cure / By George Power.

  • Power, George.
Date:
1803
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Credit: Attempt to investigate the cause of the Egyptian ophthalmia, with observations on its nature and different modes of cure / By George Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fufpending a fmall lump of Amber or Cork by a thread from the Turban, which in hanging oppofite the Eye, excites a flow of tears by finking againfl: it as the patient runs or walks. This Curative effe£l is alfo produced by forcing a twilled leaf of tobacco up the nofe. i The green leaves of the plant Al Kali, which the Natives beat into a pulp with a little water, afford a poultice which feems to poflefs fpecific virtues ; the advantages derived from which feem to depend in a great meafure on its tem¬ perature, which owing probably to the abun¬ dant quantity of faline matter it contains, is confiderably lower than the coldeft water that can be obtained in the Climate. This tempe¬ rature it is capable of preferving a long while unchanged, at the fame time that its juice be¬ ing flightly flimulating when infinuated into the Eye, excites a gentle flow of tears : and f thefe properties render this application very ge¬ nerally ufeful. When