The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-07-10
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The Blind and Aged and Those Of I'm.
perfect Powers OF visiOa-
We are glad TO announce that our
city is visited by the distinguished OPP
tician DR.. Lewis 81. Aatthaz. He has
been in practice at Topeka, at the Cope
land, for the past month and comes TO
us highly recommended by the Medical
faculty of that place and IN fact from
scientific gentlemen of all parts Of the
United States. Those Of eminence IN
Imports, who endorse him as will be
seen by his advertisement are L. D.
Jacobs, d. D.; ]. A. Moore, II. D.; J. J.
Wright, d. D.; W. W. HIbben, II. D. :;
Geo. W. Frost, II. D.; Rev. Il. Mackay,
Rector st. Andrews church; Rev. John
F. Hendy. pastor First Presbyterian
churchi ReY. W. 81. Barnes, pastor First
Baptist church.
His permanent location IL Chicago,
and his object in travelling Il for the
| purpose of establishing q reputation
through the interior. Persons whose
vision is impaired should not Let this
favorable opportunity pass, as they will
| probably never have the same chance,
L VI JIG nCoa1y - SOOus AGAIN. Especially
In the case OF defects Of the eye il II q
valuable benefit to be able to consult an
eminent Optlcian right at home who rep
resents the larger cities. 1t Is q rare &C.
casion that thorough scientific man IL
induced to leave his home and practice
to visit the interior, professionally, thus
making Il unnecessary for the patient to
| undergo the expense and ANNOYANCE of
travel in order to visit the metropolis.
These difficulties will be covercome by
the presence Of DR.. Matthez in our
midst.
There are more men made blind BY
wearing imperfect glasses than people
are accustomed TO believe. Through
common glass, full of Impurities, and
of different refracting power and diff.
ferent translucencY, at any two points
on the surface, many people look till
they can see no more. Buy mean
glasses At any shop, and no sooner do
we enter the sunlight than the tears
begin TO flow. By use the eye adapts
itself to tasks it must discharge, and
the careless wearer of coarse glasses
never discovers how fatally hs has in
jured his powers of vision till Il may be
impossible to repair the mischief. Com
mon glasses are made of sand. like bot
ties and window panes. There are
hardly two grams of sand the same
color, or the same transparency
When melted, and impurities removed
to the greatest possible extent BY
the manufacturer, he finds 1t ut.
terly impossible to render the prod
uct of his skill faultless, as that glass
made of Australian crystal. The sur
face and Interior particles of glasses
used by DR.. Matihez are perfectly uni
form in their constituent particles. /
, follows that there are no imperfect ray
of light that lmpinge upon the eye and
optic nerve. In these facts consists thu
supreme excelIency of crystal AND
Brazilian pebble lenses when properly
; adapted to the eye; it also happens the
, DR.. Matthez has been 80 long ad
dicted to optical inquiries tina
visitors of his apartment
: are subject to no experiments. The oC
culist examines for a moment the int
rior aud surface OF the visitors eye, anC
applies glasses that perfects powers G
. vision. If there be diseaseSSits cause
/ detected and modes of relief suggesie6
Y These latter tasks DIR. MattheZ assigns
. physicians who would undertake then
), His Office Ia at the Coolidge House
Office, room Q, parlor floor. for shol
q time OnlY.