Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... for while the sufferer is undergoing the preliminary treatment above described, which must not be abated until his arrival. Things in the Eye. Sand, broken eye-lashes, cinders, etc., often lodge under the eye-lids, usually the lower lid. When a person complains ot some substance in the eye, the inside of the lower eyelid and lower portion of the ball should first be examined. Pull the lid down and at the same time direct the person to look up and from one side to the other. If nothing be discerned there, the patient is then to be directed to look downward. This will expose to view the upper part of the globe. If the object is under the lower lid, pull the lid down and remove by wiping the little nuisance into the corner of the eye with a camel's hair brush, or a soft rag, or the end of the finger covered with a silk handkerchief. If the object is under the upper lid, lay a pencil or crochet needle or some round smooth thing, as a bodkin, which will turn the lid wrong side out, and remove in the same way. Sometimes a small chipping of iron gets fixed on the ball of the eye, and engineers are often very expert in removing them with the point of a pen-knife. But if you can get a good magnet, it will draw away the chip of iron without any risk of injuring the eye. Broken eye-lashes which have become fixed in the eye, should be extracted with forceps. Persons employed or standing about buildings where quicklime is used, may accidentally get some into the eye. It is instantly removed by bathing the eye well with vinegar and water. One part of vinegar to three parts of water. The vinegar will neutralize the lime and will rob it of its burning properties. The lime will soon burn away the sight, if the proper means are not promptly used....
