Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-23
FACES NOT slAPELY.
Peculiar Facts about People WHO N'ca,
Glasses


other, but they are very generally faces
the features of which are deformed. A
glass or pair of glasses on a persons
nose prociaims the owner to possess
anything but truly shaped face. To
say it little differently, a pair of
glasses when of necessity worn, con-
stitute no ice to the world that Nature
was ina slurrin2 mood when she nodded
the face OF the wearer. You laugh and
say: s'sThat's nonsense! Some of the
finest looking people | ever saw wore
glasses" That means you never exam.
ined those ".fnest-loolzing" people tenn
Pile by temple, cheek by cheek, car by
ear, etc, You overlooked fact that in
ten to one the shape of the head from
the tip of their ears forward to point
between their eyes was irregular, or
twisted.
Yes something OF bad build mars the
architecture of every face that is accom-
panied by glasses. Aud it is this bad
build of thegfeatures that frequently
affects the eyes and calls for the arti-
AA''Assi ''i'o w Ply IT, str H.Ne
Thenormal eye of human being is
nearly a perfect globe in form. The
cornea or front portion of it protrndes
more than the srest and AasiTthe shape
more than the rest of an ellipsoid than
sphere. The entire coat of the eye is
tough fibronsx lnembraneJ the front
portion of which is transparent aud
called the cornea; back, or, on each SIDE.
is the scleroti,, or, commonly called.
the "white OF the eye" which by its
toughness, strength. and elasticity
gives form and strength to the member.
To this are attached the muscles that
keep the eye in place and controls its
movements. Inside of this sclerotic is
thin membrane, the choroid coat, the
ends OF which are filed with black pig
ment, which absorbs the light as soon
as 1t has done its work on the retina.
Inside of the choroid is the fetina,
which is continuation of expansion of
the optic nerve. The back part of the
eyeball, about three-quarters of its
space, is filed with the vitreous humor,
or jelly-like substance. In front OF
| the eye, within the cornea, is the
aqueous humor, a fluid quite like water,
a trifie salty. Suspended in this aque.
GUS humor is the iris, thin membrane
or curtain that easily expands or con.
tracts to regulate the size of the pupil.
It's function is to control the amount,of
light admitted TO the interior of the
eye. The color of the iris forms the
color of the eye, whether it be blue,
brown, or gray. Between the aqueous
and vitreous humors is the crystalline
lens, double convex in form, with the
greater convexity toward the back. II
is about one-third, of an inchin diane
ter and one-sixth Of an inch in thick,
ness. In. a young person it is very
elastic and hardens Us age advances
| The lens is composed of a jelly sub
stance and in layers like those Of ar
onion. Attached to the edge of the
lens and to the sclerctic are the ciliary
muscles who Q actions give the proper
focus.
| The eye. then, may be looked upon a.
sort of a Photographic camera de
| signed by its refracting power to pro
duce small and inverte image on thu
retina of objects looked at. The impres
sion produced on the retina is conducted
to the brain by the optic nerve, which
must be able to interpret correctly tn,
impressions conveyed to it. When tn,
impressions are blurred and indistinct
the eye is defective in its refraction, or
in other words, the vision is poor. Ant
it is this class of complaints that tn,
optician has most to deal with.
Errors of refraction may result from
many causes, but chiefly from hyper
metropia, or far sight, condition o
the eye wherein the member is shor
from front to back, or the lens has no
sufficient power to shorten the rays O
light SO they will focus upon the retin
instead OF behind it Alleges are by
permetropic at birth, but the eyebal
increases in length with the rest of TIL
body, and the hypermetropia diminishe
until the eye becomes normal. -
The symptoms of hypermetropia il
IN adult are inability to look at smal
objects or printed matter for an
.ength of time; vision blurs and the pei
son is compelled to stop and rub tn
eyes. This for minute seems to clea
the vision, but the trouble returns again
and after the strength of the muscle
become exhausted the work must cease
Many children who are troubled wit
hypermetropia of high degree brin
their books close to their eyes Sue
:, children are supposed to be nearsightec
: and concave glasses are given then
,, , which only increases the trouble in
. stead of helping it.
The defect that causes more troubl
:, than all others is astigmatism, diff
, Guilty usually located in the cornea an
|, due to overcurvature of same, the ray
of light passing through the cornea S
. that they do not focus together at th
! same point This trouble comes mo:
a frequently as the result of want {
symmetry about the persons head an
4 face. Headache is usually a yer
: marked symptom of eye trouble instea
!. of unhealthfulness in connection wit
3 other portions of the body. At lea,
A this is. claimed by the most notab
a occulists of the world. When perso
I is inclined to hold his head on one sic
; in looking sharply at objects astigm
a tism may be suspected. Few peopl
A particularly those of irregular feature
E are free from this most prevalent of a
:. eye troubles
Scarcely need it be added that Il
reason why irregularity of features d
notes, SO frequently, the existence
i defective sight is that the eye is push,
, and trained into form other ths
natural Frequently the slighte
o irregularity in the general build of Il
I faap will foil to a larra axtant On Al