llowing ingredients:

Yellow oxide of Mercury 2-1/2 grains
Petrolatum 2-1/2 drams

Mix and make an ointment and rub on the edge of the lids every night,
first cleaning them. The conjunctivitis must be cured.

STYE (HORDEOLUM).--This is a swelling beginning in a gland or glands at
the edge of the lid and pus forms finally.

Causes.--Inflammation of the edge of the lid, stomach trouble, run down
condition, poorly fitted glasses, when glasses should be worn to relieve
the eye strain.

Symptoms.--Itching and burning feeling followed by a red swollen area
(lump) at the edge of the lid. Later it comes to a point and discharges.

Cause.--Styes usually run their course in a few days or a week; another
frequently follows. When it does not reach the pus stage, it often leaves
a hard swelling (blind stye).

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MOTHER'S REMEDY. 1. Stye.--Home Method to Kill.--"To hasten the pointing
of a stye apply hot compresses for fifteen minutes every two hours. As ill
health may be the cause, a tonic may be needed; glasses properly fitted
should be worn and a boric acid eyewash used until long after the stye has
disappeared." Applying hot compresses will relieve the congestion and
gives much relief. Ill health produces a poor circulation of the blood and
a good tonic will be found beneficial. Styes are frequently produced by
need of glasses.

Treatment.--Treat the stomach and system if necessary. Ice or cold cloths
against the stye may abort it. If it goes on, hot fomentations will hasten
it. It should then be opened up and scraped out. It will soon heal then
and will not leave a lump.

ACUTE CATARRHAL CONJUNCTIVITIS (Pink Eye).--Definition.--This is an acute
inflammation of the mucous membranes under the eyelids, and there is
congestion (too much blood), swelling and a discharge of mucus and pus.

Causes.--Exposure to wind, dust, smoke, or irritating foreign substance,
cinder, sand, etc. It may occur in epidemic form and then is contagious
and is called "pink eye."

Symptoms.--The lids appear stiff to the patient, the light causes
discomfort and the patient fears it. Burning feeling as if there was some
dirt, etc., under the lid, not much pain, but discomfort especially in the
evening. The lids look swollen and red. The conjunctiva on the cornea is
reddened and that on the lid is thickened, reddened and rough. The
discharge collects at the roots of the lashes or lies on th