The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-25
! NlAR-slahTeo MANS EXPERIENCE


= Thriliin: Discovery In hoy oykOod.My.
opia I.ea,is to Cataract.
NJ Frane~lue Sarry, the wellknown
French crith has written u little work which
well worth prusal by virtue of its charm
ns style ami the freshness AMI force with
Nhi h h. describes the course ami thu dangers
b. near sighttSln.ss His b1k Is an auto
biz riphy, NJ fur ~ relates 10 his eyes. lie
b i,i.s: II wa. Lusn ss.as-.ightAsl, ANA.lfslly
ncar-,ightssi. Many lhysicians ASSERT that
er,ons aIr neyrs bnsp unsr-sighsel, hNt only
ss'one ~. Nukeysr, s'ien.p may think
what she peasss, but ] was lsrn myopi,'."
The very day on which his inarmity was
oycr-i Is in'ielibly stamlssl on hi, mem
pv, AMI his acrount Of it u quite worth
lranScril'ing. "Ome day, prompted by the
bpirit of mischief, got holl II tie big silver
klsctak> which my father always wore, ami
Iaplul them on. Fitty ya,rs have ls.~asl
bway since then, hut the sensation ] expert
rncel b keen and thrilling u thi, day. !
gave u cry of establishment ami joy Up 4"
Mat moment 1 Aad s.pn tie lofty ,lsnc alsSp
Me only as tlhek, green cloth, through which
no ray of sunlight ever fell Now. u wo,slrr
bnd ,llight ! saw that In this dome were
many little brilliant chinks; that II WIS made
pt myriad separate and distinct kavts,
lhrough wh,rs, interstices the sunshine
bllftttl. i,4Arting II their gretnery u thou.
kanl tones of light AMI shale but what
nnla2ed nle most, what 81 enchanted nle that
cannot si4ak III it tn this day without emo
lion, We that saw suddenly between the
ka,es. AMI far away teyond them, httc
glhnls,s Of the bright, hl,.s sky. | claWs,l
ny hnnl., was nltl with astonishnsnt and
I!,ight.
Very high mvopia like Sar,y's Is rar,;
but nl'Hhrate degree, III myol'ia ar very com
non, AMI mvopia, ~ Sar,ry states, !, israS-
ng AMI spreading throu;h Eurols like some
flhlrlni' di,.er'. Among the aIh ints 1t alt
Nis Ia have tA,n plucti,ally unkM'wn. As
vkt,, of this ~ sarey rctcrs 81 the Ml.
II ut ampbitihatrs, in which S'0D s,srta-
nor> sat a,id viewed thu games without IA glass.
Perhaps, to bc sure, thu nl,ols,> II tlr,-c days
hight have learned IA stay at h"n" How.
Ner, that niyoiha + increasing there can le
b. loult In fifteen years the proportion VI
tluubt~l myulss IN thu Polytechnic S,hoUl
bi France has risen frnm y. ~ "A lpr ,ent.,
bni ~ l9r cent ot thc s;., !ents have to wear
Eh>as
II Sar,ry uri;,> his readers with profound
tm 'hiSl- to remember that nyopia has u ten
biur, to ntrran,' unk',, nunlS'rleSs pils'au
elun, are taken, and that all myop, eyes arr
weak eyes, t. lT lonkei after carefully hy their
po ,''or. In hi, own case thu result Of overu~e
rlii misuse of his"yc>, especially his attempts
d T. along without glasses, was that he lost
th' cNe,lght II one eye entirely, through lie
ft'hnn ut If the retila, AMI that cataract
i1Nelol.pl in the other
The loss of the eye h. attrl,utA's 10 the III.
ferts of studying when boy In q ls.lly
ghted Shool ruolii, and he iivokes all
mothcis to examine into the .chool rooms.
Ii they te not fairly tlNsiei with light, take
Your >on hoase again To leave him l~,ht fw
t'n Years over dinly lighted lnoks i, II he
has the least tendency Ia this trouble, almost
certain to lsy up l,nyopia tor his nmnhUsl ,
II h. be already hiypR'i it !, 10 assure him a
bind Old age sft
Sarpy's description of the ev,oplEnt II
III, cataract AMI If its removal Is vivid and
dramatic. The operation was ,,is,~,ful ami
h. now secs distinct objects even letter than
i"forc. The "rih,gue to his story l.: "Rt-
hnInier that all extreme nlyopia ends almost
mtallibly in ,at,ira,t, and that nearly all my
otia may lS'onie extreme ii the eyes are
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