Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-02
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.Spectacles RenderedUseIe:s'
s; ! preserved to che Intes. peri.
cd Of Life, and impaired
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jrht Preserved to the latest pef-
cd OF Life, and impaired
sight Bestoredi! s,s.g
The object Of this paper is 10 present 10
- .r notits II tie public a simple invention,
!. meams If which the decay Of sigh, may
prsyented, and when Delayed may os
stored 10 it's original power. u 4
tt;s fact,wsll kuown,o all. that as man
Ilyances in years, The orseasot vision ~,
ame impai,ed. Dr.. Kitchener says, WIN
nth. ina, SO universal is this failure q slght
nat between the ages Of forty and my
ears. a large average OF the jhnman Iace
"a Obliged 10 have RECOURSE 10 speclacses'
, aid the failing vision : a83s .2 is.l
Jt,is almost unnecessary to uay,ltha inns
afect Of sight isidiscosered BY q misllness
! near objects, whilst those iwhci, ate o.s.
mi are discoyeredlwithS the usual ease o.
Srhaps appear 10 be presented Win more
\ Silsualvividness, }lA Fie !.
bOs evil here spoken of--as onerous IN us
ians as It is common 10 our natlreI "
.oas sseea The attention oflhe scientific
pas .a kIorts Of science have not, hl,herlo,
o s. aus so. STeach the root Of the evil, and
. .ecs tothabs attention has not been "
n,;sJ WHEN sa IN and washes, have been ap-
p,lsa an @nsn ~ - cases, afforded 70
end all have been peas ,s.S NY to ihs
use Of spec,aces. sed 70 I .a an1 ~ s sr
ceedingly inconyenien aIs n n0 most ua cases Sci
have increased the diffiet, ,,h ,,S,' Il vas
hoped their use would rem, 4 lis we'll.
known 10 all who have been ,fortunate e.
nough 10 resort to their use, u thew re-.
lquire 10 be changed, after hayins,esn used
Ia year or two, fol others Of gIeailS mower !;
thus adding 10 their Inconvenience great
expense.
Il is not the object here oenter into tse
analomy and physiology Of the eye. III.
sufficient to point out The cause Of The evil
aud show to the afflicted a temedy, and II
thase who havenot arrived atthis leplora
Bile state, a means Of preventing its occur
rence. $50 \, .il,-e !,
Upon the cause Of this decay Of vision, al
Learned men agree; viz, in assigning tito
gradual and'impe fceptible fattening Of lh
,cofnea Of the eye. This fattening Of tn
.:ornea is accounted Tor thus: when the hu
i Sors which support the cornea cease to flo
their usual force and quantity, the corne
SG. Smes ilatter than before; aid in cons
pee Of this ilaltening the light passln
q lsh the eye isnot sufficiently refractet
Z Toes not converge, on The retina,ibl
cao SO at some distance beyond. Th
of sSence is, confused picture is pain
hipg, ,;rle re,ina, and objects appear indi
= -, odim. 81 10, 's,s .4 ass
i; ,at tse az Nsubisct, we willquole the opinic
invite in tbs Mackenzie, Lecturer on the ey
a5f3I To- theersity Of Glasgow, and Surge.e
ND. ion is pw Eye lnfirmarty which oPll
the EssE in! his Practical Treatise
"Thsi lows; /, i, 4 3, , g.; :, J. !.
SECS fraction ee no doubt tina. deficient a.aa T. !.
ii pia far.siToSmate cause OIL PtesoS
"Mitntts .sll,baa ef.icisnt ca n
y talness =. ~. III r.om ,,;m;nntion
t the quantity nsa rom al ~, .au.,s !
ea mors, rs the aqueous ann s...e.as !. J.
this dimlnuus GO H'fnolllt !, iae' li,.'iNs
vi on the lmpedag SUPPOSE, 70 aepel
tons Of sscts''set " snen ~ ,as :, ~,
~ NE H. ,sm,eedv III -,
49, ,n.trameSulnd in the use d
Var I" sasp,V Of which is \ an EYE Cor; /,
BY increasing ,b sae s''s sa apu +, s.f hi
,yof,ho the diminished cGIlsus oy res.otl
This we ~, ,aas; t5I IsSSss witba
. pain or M rS : P Po',6S;as ~ 10 Ibs !;