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Wash for Inflamed Eyes
Take of equal parts of chloroform and laudanum; 10 drops extract of lead (the liquor of acetate a little being introduced on a piece of cotton. of lead ) ; distilled vinegar, 2 drachms; distill- The first effect produced is a sensation of ed water, 4 ounces.
This is an excellent wash cold; then there is numbness, followed by for inflamed eyes. | scarcely perceptible pain and refreshing sleep.