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28 TRAVELS IN UPPER
Some secondary causes exist, to render diseases
of the eyes more frequent than they were among
the ancient Egyptians; as the bad quality of the
aliments on which the present inhabitants of the
country feed, and which impart to the fluids an
acrimony that necessarily induces several disor-
ders, particularly those of the organ of sight; to
which must be added the extreme propensity of
the Egyptians to pleasures which are seldom
those of love*.
if Midtiplicatio coitus est nocibllior res o?uIo. Avicen. 3, cap. J-
Some secondary causes exist, to render diseases
of the eyes more frequent than they were among
the ancient Egyptians; as the bad quality of the
aliments on which the present inhabitants of the
country feed, and which impart to the fluids an
acrimony that necessarily induces several disor-
ders, particularly those of the organ of sight; to
which must be added the extreme propensity of
the Egyptians to pleasures which are seldom
those of love*.
if Midtiplicatio coitus est nocibllior res o?uIo. Avicen. 3, cap. J-