CAP. LXXXV. De Amblyopia, seu Hebetudine.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, seu Hebetudo, is a continual dim∣ness and hinderance of the sight, which is darkned, and yet no blemish or hurt to be perceived in the eye, nor in its membranes, ari∣sing either from the fault of the brain, that ma∣keth and yieldeth not a sufficient supply of the animal spirits, or else from something amiss in the animal spirits themselves, qui lucidi, tenues, multi, esse debent.
Dimness, or weakness of sight, coming after over-much evacuation, or long and lasting dis∣eases, is helped by the restauration of the body, to its former vigor and strength: Debilitas vi∣sus ex senio vix curationem suscipit.
To quicken and sharpen the sight, you have plenty of Remedies in many of the foregoing Chapters. Also see the following, De Gutta serena.
Moreover, Leonellus Faventinus tells us, how he cured a Hebetudo, by dropping into the eye the juyce of Celandine; also the distilled water of white Honey and Rose flowers is highly com∣mended by many.