Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-09
DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT.
Valuable ainIs fSr Persons Eho Uss Their
Eyes Zoo Much oW Eye iEht 10 reate6,
NJ Yn,b IL all and Ennrea.

Valuable ain,s fnr Persons Who Use Thsir
Eyes Zoo Much o~ Eye iEnt is rssted,
New York Mall and Express.
Op.ician Charles +. Prentice was asked
to- Day by Msil and Express reporter
how much truth Ihere was In the psrs
graph which Is going the rounds OF the
press stating thst hesdlche and neuralgis
in lsrge number CT csse5 are due solely
to detective 6yasigat or the wearing
Of glasses which strain the eYe. He esit
there was q great deal and that there
are mary psrsons who tuter from head.
ache, supposed neuralgis and kindred
uou oles, because OF imperfect Optical dis
position Of their eyes. The great trouble
with such people, he said, WAS that when
they do go to On optician, IS rule the
result ia that they picS out glasses thst
they fancy, IS they would q piece Of
goods or an article for ornament,
paying little or no heed to
the fact thst the thoroughly posted
opticisp, sitter sn examination, knows
better Whist they need Than they them
selves do. Another great mis- lake Is In
buying glasses Of men VINO are not skill ed
opticians. Glasses should only be bought
from one who has made careful study OF
the subj oct, and VINO can determine eX-
ectly was. the trouble is. Asked what
particular defect in the eyesigh: he is
most called on to treat, Mr. Prem
tice said 1t was far-sightedness
and astigmstlsm or irregular reiraction
II added that ths p4Ifrcs eye is IN eI-
caption IN people generally, and that par
titu!arly ia large city like New YORK.,
h p
work." there sre many more cages Ct
trouble with the eyes than ancrg people
who live in the coua.Ty. Persons accus-
imperfect vision or irregular refrsc
ton by accommodation. Much discom
fort it caused by faulty refraction,
especially among clerks, bookkeepers
and others whose work requires close ct
teution for long periods. This csn be
wholly rsmedied BY properly focused
glasses, yet many persons so sfa cted
hesitate to begin the wearing OF glasses.
The opticisn Of the present day, he said,
can adopt and produce upwards OF POO
distinct lenses for the correction OF aDout
80 COZ individual cases OF detective eight.
1t was noticeable, the opucisn added,
inst persons when ab Jus tor y-tivs years
of sge and who up to that time hsd hsd
first rate eyesight, would begin 80 CON-
plain that their eyes we're growing weak.
Bat the fact is that st this age the near
point OF vision-.he point st which the
person mss been accustomed to see-re-
cedes somewhat, because Of lessenIng
of the accommodation power Of the eyes
There are glasses made TO remedy
this perfectly, but they must
be selected by one who thor
oughlY understands what he is doing. A
person to ds glasses should be hole 10
diagnose the case and determine between
an optical error or receding Of the near
point. ~
Asked shout the mode Of testing sight,
Mr.. Prentice said that first it is always
necessary to .obtsin the ACCURACY OF
vision. This is done by means Of tesl
card, held twenty feet awsy, On which are
seven rows Of LETTERS, each row of differ
ent re, graded from the top to the bot
tom Of the card. Here is Wharf.-The card
looks Ike: