, 1885-03-12
OUR EYESIGHT.
EVIDENCES THAT DISEASES OF THE
EYE ARE FAST INCREASING.
Defective Vision in Germany aud In Great
Britain CoIor-B iindness Long
sightsdness OF n zulu-cure
for Existing Evil[

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on account II dafact4va vis;on
The clnss In Great Rritain that had tho
best eyes wera the foresters and gamake.nar,
in Scotland Plowmen shanberds and
berdsmen also had excellant siebt Sailor
were oenerallv very lono-siobted no wall 40
clear-siobted Manv saveges hoxavar bad
mn, h mora acute vision than any class 10 ba
found in the British Islands The Zulus IN
south Africa could identity nersons 90 far
of that Europeans could only discern specks.
One Zulu informed a ewl arrived m%ission-
arv thai he saw an old friend Of bis and bis
wife approacbinp He also stated that one was
riding and the other walking by the side Of
the horse. The Enelishmsn by the use OF
powerful binocular Glasses could NOT identify
the persons In London and other large
cities a great proportion Of the people had
defective or IMPAIRED vision. MANY ware
color-blind. but a much larger PROPORTION
were short-siehted Some were i'm constant
danger OF Icing run over in the streets
They could zee comparatiyelv few objects
with the naked ave. passed their best friends
without recognizing them. could not read
street signs. and depended on their glasses
to enable than to read and write when they
were in rooms.
The lecturer was convinced that location
and occupation exerted a powerful influence
on the condition of the eve and the acute-
ness Of vision. The savage OF South Africa
depended on his keenness Of sight for protsc-
ton against his enemies and for food
for his next moal. The inhabitant
OF London looked to tho police to pro.
tect him. and read his paper and
conducted his correspondence by the aid of
maqnifyinR qlnsaos. Somatimes ha yyould
not leave the city for years, during which
tim he would never look upon an object
further off than across the street. His eyes
became Impaired for want Of proper use.
In making suggestions for tho cure Of sx-
listing evils. the lecturer thought that much
good could be ACCOMPLISHED by calling at
tention to the importance Of unimpaired
sight Children should be taught that
pleasure as we'll as prosperity depended very
largely on good eyes. They should be en-
~couraged to use their eyes in ways that
would benefit them. Games and sports that
called for accurats vision should be rendered
popular. Many athletic sports that were
largely practiced In England had pro-
duced a wonderful effect In a few years