Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1892-12-16
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The faces OF people who wear glasses
may not, rs a rule, resemble one an
other, but they are very generally faces
the features Of which are deformed. A
glass or pair Of glasses on persons
nose proclaims the owner 70 possess
anything but truly shaped face 10
say IL little differently, a pair OF
glasses, when OF necessity worn, con
stitute no icc TO the world that Nature
was In a slurring mood when she nodded
the face Of the welrer. You laugh and
sayi That's nonsensci Some OF the
finest looking people ever saw wore
glasses" That means you never exam
ined those "dnest-looking" people tenn
pile by temple, cheek by cheek. ear by
ear, etc. You overlooked fact that in
ten 10 one the shape of the head from
the tip Of their ears forward 10 a 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 And II Is this bad
build OF the features that frequently
affects the eyes and calls for the arti-
fetal aids TO sight
The normal eye OF human being is
nearly perfect globe in form. The
cornea or front portion OF IL protrudos
more than the rest and has the shape
more than the rest OF an ellipsoid than
sphere The entire coat Of the eve Is IA
tough, hbrous membrane, the front
portion OF which il transparent and
called the cornea; back, or on each side,
is the sclerotic, 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 It's
movements. Inside of this sclerotic Ia
q thin membrane, the choroid coat, the
ends Of which are filed with black pig
ment, which absorbs the light as soon
as II has done its work on the retina
Inside of the choroid is the retina,
which is a 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
Its 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 inch in diane
ter and one-sixth Of an inch in thick
ness In o young person It is very
elastic and hardens as age advances
The lens is composed of jelly sub
stance and in layers like those of an
onion. Attached to the edge of the
lens and TO the sclerotic are the ciliary
muscles who,e actions give the proper
focus
The eye, then, may be looked upon as
a sort of n photographs camera de-
signed by its refracting power to pro
duce small and inverted image on the
retina Of objects looked at. The impress
sion produced on the retina is conducted
to the brain by the optic nerve, which
must be able TO interpret correctly the
Impressions conveyed to it. When the
impressions are blurred and indistinct,
the eye Is defective in its refraction, or,
In other words, the vision is poor And
1t is this class of complaints that the
optician has most 10 deal with.
Errors OF refraction may result from
many causes, but chiefly from hyper
metropia, or far sight, condition of
the eye wherein the member is short
from front to back, or the lens has not
sufficient power TO shorten the rays Of
light SO they will focus-upon the retina
instead of behind it All eyes are by.
permetropic at birth, but the eyeball
increases in length with the rest Of the
body, and the hypermetropia diminishes
until the eye becomes normal.
The symptoms Of hypermetropia in
an adult are inability to look at small
objects or printed matter for any
length of time; vision blurs and the per-
son Is compelled TO stop and rub the
eyes. This for a minute seems 10 clear
the vision, but the trouble returns again,
and after the strength of the muscles
become exhausted the work must cease.
Many children who are troubled with
hypermetropia Of q high degree bring
their books close TO their eyes Such
children are supposed TO be ncarsighted,
and concave glasses are given them,
which only increases the trouble in
stead Of helping it
The defect that causes more trouble
than all others is astigmatism, diff
Guilty usually located In the cornea and |
due To overcurvature of same, the rays |
of light passing through the cornea so !
that they do not focus together at the |
same point This trouble comes most |
frequently rs the result of want OF
symmetry about the persons head and
face. Headache Is usually very
marked symptom of eye trouble instead |
OF unhealthfulneBs In connection with |
other portions OF the body. At least |
this is claimed by tho most notable
OF the world. When n person
Is inclined to hold his head on one side
in looking sharply at objects astigma-
tism may be suspected, Few people,
those of irregular features,
are free from this most prevalent of all
BYE troubles.
Scarcely need II be added that the
reason why irregularity OF features de
notes, so frequently, the existence OF
defective sight is that the eye is pushed
IND trained into n form other than
natural EreausntlV tho Sli0htegt
regularity in the general build OF the
acc will tell 10 large extent on the
'learness of the vision, Chicago Trib-
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