Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
WEAK EYES INCREASING.
AN OPTiciAN IN A HISTORIC BUILD
ING SAYS THEY ARE.

On the west side OF Nassau street, lust
south OF Fulton street, Is an old building,
b second floor Of which was formerly
used by Aaron Burr as a law office after
his return from Europe In 1912. The
floor Is now used by an oculist and op-
tician, who is q scientist, philosopher
and merchant combined.
His reception room was formerly
Aaron Burr's consulting room, and it ia
somewhat Of a coincidence that whereas
It was formerly used for a consultation
Of b mind, 1t Is now devoted to the
purpose Of consultations for the sight.
ut Is not generally known" remarked
the ocC.ist-optician to a News reporter,
except to, perhaps, q few old fashioned
merchants, that this was the office of the
famous Aaron Burr; but to some OF the
older members Of the bar this place has
o historical interest "a well as a personal
one, 30 far as their eyes are concerned.
II make no spectacles or eye glasses
for h srade. Every pair Of glasses
made here are made after a personal ex.
animation Of eye, by myself, or upon
the written prescription Of a recognized
oculist. IL seems to Inc that defective
vision was never 80 great as now.
CAUSES OF DEFECTIVE VISION.
The peculiarities Of defective vision
are legion. but the prevailing affection
Of the eyes 10 nearsightetnes- This
arises from many causes. chief among
which 10 the increase among sedentary
occupations. Jewellers, Journalists. es-
pecially doctors, analysts, clerks, book
keepers who have TO work In dark ware
houses, typewriters, especially women
milliners. painters upon enamel. and in
fact almost every business that demands
close attention for any length Of time,
has Its proportion Of ne~arsighted
workers.
mot one man in q hundred has ALSO
lutely perfect vision. and that one man is
usually an illiterate person. whose bust
ness Is an out door one. Yet even sea
captains, particularly In the German
navy. wear eye glasses.
Another cause for defective vision Is
the present mode Of living. We Sat too
! fast and choose our food at random. The
laborer and the farmer, whose frugal
fare is plain but substantial. are seldom
troubled with bad sights. Severe mental
troubles most surely affect the eyes
where there isalready a predisposition TO
sight failure.
during the past five years there has
been a noticeable increase OF impaired
vision among school children, caused by
three things: First. too much study in
badly lighted school rooms; second. bolt
ing their food instead Of masticating It.;
third. the undue strain upon the nerve
tissues, which is the result Of both. A
good many children Of tender years often
require glasses as strong as those worn
by persons Of advanced age.
"Others are born with a malformation
Of the cornea. or front part Of the eye.
the curvature OF which being unequal.
the rays Of light do not harmonic.
Such people see vertical lines clearly, but
the horizontal lines ind~istinctly, or vice
versa The only remedy for this sort of
thing Is TO use cylindrical glasses.
Again, others are troubled with
weakness in one Of the muscles of the
4 SSCs ~ ttiab w eyes oo hOb LuONo hLlh6.
Hence they may have double visual inn
p~ressions and see two objects instead Of
n
There is one popularity, however,
about near sighted people which does
not apply to other visual disorders. Their
sight improves when they get to be about
40 or AZ years Of age, and continues to
improve for a few years afterward. This
improvement, however, is only confined
TO persons who use glasses Of the requi-
site strength. A too strong eye glass is
worse than nom at all. and while deal
ing with this part Of the subject ! may
say right here that the general tendency
Of n~earsighted people Is at first to wear
glasses that are too strong for them.
Many persons sight has been ruined in
consequence
4 FEW SIMPLE RULES
'"The knowledge Of . few plain, sim
pie rules about eye glasses would save q
world Of trouble to the uninitiated. Al
ways buy spectacles In preference to eye
glasses. They are not only more com
Portable, but their use avoids the often
unnatural presence Of common frames
upon the muscles Of the nosa. Never
wear r.mless glasses, but use them with
frames. the reason being that the sight
Of tho eyes il not injured by the refrao-
ton Of the rays Of light on the edges.
Use pebbles In preference to glass, be-
cause pebbles are ten degrees cooler.
Never buy cheap glasses until your eye
have first been examined, because very
much depends upon the condition Of thu
body when . person comes in 20 buy.
"tt requires from twenty minutes b
three-Quartsrs Of IN hour to enable the
cculist 10 properly test . persons eye
In order to get the right kind Of glass b
suit him. Dozens Of persons come "a
me overheated and laboring under some
degree Of excitement Their eyes are
naturally affected by this condition, and
they need to cool Off and become com.
posed before ! can attend to them. The
graduation in the number OF the giasl
under these circumstances win vary
from one-half to q whole number in the
strength Of the glass Never buy of
peddlers. because they have not the IA
ciities 70 suit you
sA6sctaton n one Of tho most prolific
sources Of defective vision. Young PEG