Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23


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NJ. ! to1lt know tEss c@n. replied
ths Doctor nasift4llssly. sKcegl tnst tlsn
ase o1ten bind ~ oue egs ald co1A kno~
Il. IL "a Eog ~ a. al Uleo nUca occuF-
sac- Tor a psrsoa ID rS-h iato = cisp~nsSry
o. hospital. in = state Of great EfspidaIioa
snt state thai ns las Just teeE strieAsa
blind n "a lsf- eve. L poL exam inatioa
Ne dad that be hAs been Dllud in tast eye
for ary period irols oav - siK sear, Tie
explanation l. sin g4y tnls, that lie n4Sn
had never nAgpsnvd - shut MS good eve.
aua lad been ln b-issfll ls-orAnOr Il he
fsct that he 49, biiut Ia the c,ler. The
numo~r of people y Id su-eF from eye
diseases Is vastly on the increase. IN the
Ne. York Hospital (which = one q other
like iusritatiarsj IN 1851 wo treated 500
people, ia l5oo we treated sooat T.. 10
people Ile increase ln popu stIon does
not account f8r thls Increase >.tosvthsf-
Dr. Oliver " Moore. also y famous
specialist "a tie eye, supplemented Df.
DeAdy's talk He ssid:
There are three principal causes why
people - ear zsses more than formerly.
The frst Il that the defects of the eye arc
Inose readily recognized By Tie people
than they were Years sgo, aud therefore
they seek advice or relief from the ocullst
or opsieian. Another reason Is th@t ia
these days. especially IN America, where
go much i zone Ia the way OF education
delicate children attending Our public
schools. which are frequently yefy I'm
Serfsctiy lighted. become near sighted, asa
result OF defects existing In the buildings.
The third cause - onr ever increasing
population. Defects o, the eye are very
often hereditary being transmitted from
parent 70 child, 50 that ss the population
increases there Is a CORES ponding Increase
ia the number Of glasses worn. The princi
pai cause, however, Is the oyer-sducation
in this country. In no other country Ia the
world Is there snch large increase In eye
troubles. with tbs single exception IL
Germany and in Germany is is quite
common for children 70 wear glasses for
the correction OF near sight, and their
syrtem Of education Is quite as excessive
and oon6ning a. our own.
"People are much better Informed than
they used 10 be on this su6jeot The
study of physiology III oar schools
accounts for this. and The youngster OF
ten knows more than his grnndsire.
People have learned 10 make more careful
use OF the eye by having proper illumina-
tion both day and night. Is is preferable
that the light should shine over the left
shoulder whilst reading or writing. The
straiuing OF the eyes in the reading OF
small trpe characters IS very injurious.
Another most important poiutt 10 bs main
tanned IS never 10 read whilst reclining
In bed, or for any prolonged period In a
railway car or where the car does not run
smoothly Where there is little motion
there IL no harm done, but where IL is pro-
Ion ged 4. is bad.
"a good pair OF ewes should last mp 20
the age OF forty-two years, a rule. before
the wearing OF artificial aids in the form
OF glasses becomes necessary. At that
age most people have 10 resort 70 them.
Is becomes necessary then 10 intcrpose be
tween the eye and the object TO be viewed
a convex lens: this Is known rs preslyopia
or ol6-sightedness. The hrst symptom
OF this is the putting of Of the book from
the face. You have doubtless seen per-
sons trying to get a book or paper into
sneh a position that they can see f. First
they will hold Il arms length, then they
will draw nearer, then put IL littis
further ont until they have adjusted 1t to
their sight. This has bceu happily
dubbed the trombone motion All sach
persons should seek the aid OF glasses for
rendin2 or sewing, and II is quite import
ant th-t these first glasses should be care
fully selected by an occultst or a cornpe-
tent opticlan. as many patients start by
wearing glasses unSulted to them and
then by Increasing their strength after
wards too rapidly they injure the eyes.
There Is another condition which may
occur at any period Of life called far
sightedness. q condition which requires
the same sort Of glass FOR its correction
rs that for old-Sghtedness. We often
hear people say that they can wear their
spectacles, which IL per
fectly true. thus showing how falacious il
f. 70 consider, ~ TOO many are prone to do,
that the number of ri ass Is always a
criterion.
This condition may, OF course, occur IN
the young. old, or middle-aged. AID the
proper glass should be chosen under the
advice Of competent persons. Another
form Of error Of refraction which often
occurs "a called ''assigmatism," IN which
thc patient sees things on the slant For
the cross-bsr of sbs letter II
aud not the pp-and-dow marks would be
seen. This eonditt Is very disagrseabls
70 tue patient In distorting all objects
looked a., and IN producing many forms
o. headache. These headaches cannot be
cured spcept By rh. correction OF the
treubie WITH roitsbls glasses A very
Common disease II tbs eye IN people over
lfty years of age e c-tsracs. which is an
opacity q the erys,al!iDe lens which e In
svorY syc. and watch n not new Growth
but simply change Ia TIE texture %
The l-ns r n rather difsc,llt 20 make
his clear. perhape You s~e shat psn. -
Eiass." said toe doctor. pointing - ths
window, and You can so out of it OF
'hrongh II. Now n tbs. transparens zias,
we're suddenly % become ground glass yoa
would Sc none q tns forms outside but
: uply glare n light: that is the affect
= aica cataract hss on the eye such
1s.irnts may Re- blind with tsis disease
ou- can have IL restored bY undergoing an
operation nuisr ths lrfuence q cocsine.
n fee days they vill have their eysight
s1sia - that -heT nay 20 .rcund alone,
md rad the smallest n@vspsuer print 0T
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