in Surgery, commonly called the styte, is a sort of tubercle that grows on the eyelids. When small, it is seated on the edge of the eyelid; but when large, it spreads further. When they do not suppurate they become wens. They are apt to disappear and return. If there is inflammation, endeavour to suppurate it with the white bread poultice: if it is hard, destroy it with a mixture of equal parts of hog's lard and quicksilver. If the lower eyelid is affected, the tumour is more frequently on its inside; and then it is best to dissect it, or to make way for it outwardly by applying a caustic on the skin just upon it.

CRITHUM, SAMPHIRE; a genus of plants belonging to the pentandria class; and in the natural method ranking under the 45th order, Umbellatae. See Botany Index.—Its leaves are an excellent pickle used for sauces, and are by many eaten raw in salads. It is of a saltish relish, palatable, and comfortable to the stomach. It is not very easily preserved in gardens. It must be sown on gravelly or rocky ground, half an inch deep; in which situation the plants will come up, and last some years.