The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-05-18
Talks about Health

Our Indigestion is the principal
SQUIRE Of weak eyes. Reading in the cars
often seriously disturbs the vision. A del
icate and wonderful apparatus within tn e
eye is constantly busy in adapting it to the
varying focal distances The jerking mo-
ton of the cars compels an exhaustive effort
to maintain the required adoption. Thou
sands Of eyes are spoiled by reading in cars
and other vehicles. Recently twas consul
ted by railroad expressman who had be-
come totally blind by reading the newspapers
in the cars. Thousands who have never
consciously suffered any Inconvenience from
the habit, are obliged to wear glasses pre-
maturely to correct an unsteadiness of vision
produced in this way. Reading with the
gas light before you is an other cause of
weak eyes The light should always hang
quite high and behind you, and allowed to
shine over the shoulder. If convenient, it
should be over the left shoulder. II using
kerosene, it is best to employ the lamps
which hang on the wall, Neither should
you read with your face towards the win
dow .1
Reading by twilight is dangerous
Gradually accommodating itself to the re-
ceding light, the eye is more unconsciously
strained. | have seen more than one case
of grave disease of the eye, produced by an
undue effort to use the vision too long at
twilight.
White paint is another mischief to the
eyes. White paint ontside white paint in
side, white paint everywhere During the
season OF brightest sunshine the glare hurts
the eye. wonder if it is not III bad taste
likewise? | notice that artists have none of
it about them.
In our constant reading, the eye-sight is
much tried by the white paper. hope
that the tinted paper, with still deeper co
Tor, may become fashionable.
Avoid reading by artificial light when
you can. We read too much. We read as
we eat-pell-mell, hotchity- potch; no mas
tication, no digestion. Il, as a people, we
read less, we might know more. Few
indications are more nnpromising in child
than remarkable passion for books l doubt
if good lady, who called on me the other
day, with her SOP, will ever forgive me for
what said to ner. Her boy was Of the reg
ular Boston type-great head and eyes,
with small and narrow chest She SAID
in moTrnful voice, but with evident pride:
'Ah, doctor, he has such a passion for books
As soon as he is out of bed he is down at
sorhe great book, and scarcely leaves it but
for his meals. he never playes like Other
children" | told her. among other things
that. unless she could break up that habit
her son would very likely turn out dolt
She left very soon with the belief that
did not understand her sons case. shoult
have about as much for a man who gave
himself up to childish sports as I should 0
a child who gave himself up to the habit
, and life of a man.
The newspapers have much to answer 70
in the way of small type and imperfec
f printing. | would cheerfully give two hun
, dred dollars year to support newspape
. which would give US, morning and evening
half column of the really reliable news
, instead of fifteen columns of diluted spec
ulations and trick canards the reading
which hurts our eyes and wastes our pr,
cious tine-DiO Let0ts, u. d.