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Eye-water for Weak Eyes
Take 1/21 ounce rock salt and 1 ounce of dry tract of belladonna and glycerine. Used for 5808. Belladonna Mixture for Cataract. Triturate together 1 drachm each exdilating the pupil of the eye in cataract, by anointing the eyebrow and temple.