collyrium
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collyria,
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collyriums
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Etymology
Origin of collyrium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve
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For it St. Francis' physicians applied eye bindings, salves, plasters and urina virginis pueri, the sovereign eye wash which later became the favorite collyrium of that great medieval Spanish ophthalmologist who became Pope John XXI.
From Time Magazine Archive
Verily, during the absence of my husband I never use collyrium, or ornaments; I never wash myself properly or use garlands and unguents, or deck my feet with lac-dye, or person with ornaments.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Well; do not open my eyes with pincers, nor compose for them a collyrium of spurge.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
The man that treads along the path of madness should be subjected to medical treatment by the aid of incense and collyrium, of drugs applied through the nose, and of other medicines.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
But in Arabia the babies are not washed for many days, only rubbed over with a brown powder and their tiny eyelids painted round with collyrium.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Under the judicious application of cooling astringent collyria, and other remediate means, the irritation and pain of the parts were relieved, and the lids somewhat retracted.
From The Dog by William Youatt
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