Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-13
NUMBER 27O.
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Tall About Healtlas by bio lewis,
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OUR EYES.

/ rtffff~h OUR EYES, y,yFl sIsh
Ij.ligestion is the principal source Of
we K eyes. Reading in the cars often Sc
rif usly disturbs the vision. A delicate and
wonderful apparatus within the eye is con-
stantly busy in adapting it to the varying
focal distances. r. The Jerking motion of the
cars compels'an exhaustive effort TO MAIN
tain the required adaptation. Thousands Of
eyes are spoiled by readingin cars and other
vehicles. Recently was consulted by
railroad eXpressman who had become blind
by reading the newspapers in the cars.
Thousands, who have neyerconsciouslysuf
fered any Inconvenience from the habit, are
obliged to wear glasses prematurely, tOcor-
rect an unsteadiness of vision produced In
this way Reading with the gas Hight be-
fore you is another cause of weak eyes.
The light should always hang quite high
and behnd you, and allowed To slime over
the shoulder. If convenient, ,qit should be
over the left shoulder; Ifusing kerosene, it
is best to employ the lamps which hang on
the wall. Neither should you read with
your face toward the window. pa3 ,I"slt
Reading by twilightis dangerous Grad.
ually accommodating itself TO- the reeediDg
light, the eye is unconsciously strained. ]
have seen more than one case Of grave dis
ease of the eye produced by an unduGeffort
to use the vision too long at twilight.
White paint sanothermischiefto the eyes.
White paint outside white paint inside,
white paint everywhere. During the sea-
sonof the brightestsunsh the glare hurts
the eye. wonder ii it is not in bad taste
also? notice that artists have none of 1t
about them. ~,
In our constant reading, the eyesight IS
much tried by the white paper 7 hope
that the tinted paper, with a astill deeper
color, may become fashionable, to tl.,..- ~
Avoid reading by artificial light when
you can. We read too much. We read as
we eat-pell-mell, hotchitySpotchity no
mastication, no digestion. Ii, as a people,
we read less, we might know more. Few
indications are more unpromising in child
than remarkable passion for books. /
doubt if good lady, who called on ME the
other day, with hers will ever, forgive
me for what said to her. Her boy wasof
the regular Boston type-great head and
eyes, with small and narrow chest. She
said in a mournful voice, but with evident
pride: sab, doctor, he has such q passion
Tor books. AS soon as he is out of bed he
is down at some great book, and scarcely
leaves it butfor his meals. He never plays
like other children" -r p.l srr..sI 1l.I
| told her, among other things, that, un-
less she could break up that habit, her son
would very likely turn out doH She left
very soon with the belief that did not un-
derstand her sons case. j should have
about as much hope of man who gave
himself up to childish sports as should of
child who gave himself up to the habits
and life OF man. .'I .f'"' .4''''
The newspapers have much to answer for
in the way of small type and imperfect
printing. would cheerfully give two
hundred dollars year to support a news
paper which would give us, morning and
evening, halt column of the really reli-
able news, instead of fifteen columns of
diluted speculations and tricky canards, the
reading of which hurts our eyes and wastes
our precious time. .lt ."l''' 'a ''