CHAP. XVII. Of the Hypopyon, that is the suppurate or putrified eye.
PƲS or Quitture is sometimes gathered between the hornie and grapie coat from an internal or external cause: From an internal, as by a great defluxion,* 1.1 and oft∣times after an inflamation; but externally, by a stroke, through which occasion, a vein being opened hath poured forth bloud thither, which may presently be turned into Quitture. For the cure, universal remedies being premised, cupping glasses shall be ap∣plied, with scarifications and frictions used. Anodine and digestive collyria shall be poured from above downwards. Galen writes that he hath sometimes evacuated this matter,* 1.2 the Cornea being opened at the Iris, in which all the coats meet, concur and are terminated. I have done the like, and that with good success, James Guillemeau the Kings Surgeon being present, the Quitture being expressed and evacuated after the apertion. The Ulcer shall be cleansed with Hydromel, or some other such like medicine.