The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-02

The Great Importance OF Consulting
competent Authority in Eye Troubles.
Drs. Bsrnhardt & Matthews skill in the
examinations Of the eye and adjustment Of
glasses is so well known that those having
defective eyesight can run no risk in going
to them. Persons whose sight is simply i'm
paired by age viii receive the same proDor-
tionate benefits as those whose sight is
greatly impaired by complicated optical
defects. For the former they charge a sum
tnat Is Insignificant when compared with
the value Of saving the eyesight With
cheap, defective glasses a person IS liable to
PICK out those which are unsuited to the
eyes and which weaken instead of
strengthen the sight, and the eye is ruined.
ms simply applies to persons suffering the
inconvenience Of defective eyssight b. age
alone, whose eyes will adapt themselves to
almost any lenses, in lieu of scientifically
adapting the glasses to the sight In the
sngntly abnormal cases the patients Will de-
pend upon their own Judgment. or that of
tne spectacle seller or peddler, and may tenn
porariiy be pleased, but where one by
chance selects the proper lenses, nine-tenths
pay the penalty by lasting defects Of vision
More eyes are injured by the injudicious use
OF glasses than arise from any other cause.
In the case OF inherited or acquired optical
defects, the patient is then Obliged to apply
to some scientific authority, and such men
are Drs. Bernhard q Matthez. How much
better Is it to pay 4 few dollars more, re-
celving first-class work, and have the salts
faction OF knowing that your sight is being
cared for by those who have all the facili-
ties, the skill and the professional education
that enables them to know what would be
good for you. No charge is made for con-
sult9tion. Drs. Bernhadt & Matrhez are at
the De Soto, Office room 81 first floor.
Extracts concerning Drs. Bernhardt &
Matthez from
Chicago Times:
Their scientific optical appliances, meas
urlng Instruments, mechanical fittings and
varied specimens are almost inexhaustible
and constitute a treasury of delicate tools
gathered from the renowned makers in
London, Paris and Berlin. AS David Swing
says, they are doing for the sight what
Edison has done for the voice in the tele-
phone-conservi wing it and utilizing it to the
full use OF its best power"
Chicago Tribune:
There is 10 impairment of sight necessi-
tating the use of glasses which they are not
prepared to overcome.n
Chicago Inter Ocean:
Visiting their magnificent apartments at
Fields building, 125 State street, found
them possessed of all the extensive pera-
phernalia that is under the command of
men OK their calling, Endorsed by the lead
ing members of the Chicago medical faculty
and clergy"
Chicago E'rening Journal:
There are countless numbers who suffer
untold misery that is attributable to de-
fective sight. Drs. Bernhardt & Matthez
do not treat medically, but provide glasses
adapted to each individual wearer. and
made with such precision as TO suit each
case, compromising for the loss of perfect
sight by age or hereditary Transmission"
Chicago Herald:
They are men Of success. Ia the exam
nations of the eyes and suiting the spec
tacles in every case, the necessities of the
individual are reg arded."
Chicago Standard:
I'VE have occasion to know, during their
residence in Chicago, that they are pre-
pared to apply the greatest skill aud atten-
ton to those who need their service and
glasses"
Drs Bernhard & Matthews stay in Savan-
nan VIII be limited TO a short period. Those
desiring their service would do well to visit
them at once.