The San Francisco call., 1897-10-28
eyes STRAIGHTBNED
BY A new METHOD
Cros sS.EyeS Almost Invariably
Due TO a Severe Straining
of the Sight.
Nine Out of Ten Cases Can Be Per.
fectly Straightened Without the
Knife.

That this is true there no longer re-
mains a doubt and yet il seems almost in
credible that this deformity, which has
been looked upon so long as only cu-abie
by an operation, can now be done per-
fecty and without the least danger by a
simple treatment and the scientific fitting
OF glasses which do not cause the slight
est pain or annoyance TO the patient.
DR.. Seymour, The noted eye specialist of
Chicago says: Few children are born
cross-eyed, and that they are allowed to
grow up this way is not only pitiful, but
is positively cruel, and now that this
simple means of remedying this deform!ty
has become known, cross-eyes should BE-
come a thing of the past and the march
of science credited with havi ng bestowed
a blessing on those who are afflicted
tice," said the doctor, holding pen
Gil very close 10 his eyes and
looking at 1t intently, ''in order to see
this distinctly l must make an intense
effort, and in so doing L naturally turn
my eyes toward my nose in order that
both of them look directly at the pencil.
Now every one knows that it is much
easter TO focus the eyes on an object at
some little distance than it is to draw the
object very close, say TWO or three inches
from the face. The muscles that turn the
eyes in work in harmony with the mus
cles that focus the eve, and one set of
musctes cannot be strained without the
other being strained from sympathy. So
you see hat If child's sight i defective
and it is obliged TO strain its eyes as
much TO see a distance as / do to see
this pencil, why, OF course, the guiding
muscles are strained and draw the eyes
toward the nose, and this means cross
ha haf in Of
course, one eye always looks straight)
Will in time lose its usefulness, as the
sight in the crosS-eye must be Ignored or
a person would see douo.e
Now l have tried 10 explain the cause
of almost every case of stra bismus (cross-
eyes). But many mothers will insist tn at
their child was injured, or that sickness
caused it to have cross-eyes. This may
be true to a degree, but the real cause
after all is defective sight. You will find
almost every cross-eyed child complains
OF his eyes if forced to use them, and
with hardly an exception one eye will be
better than the other, each year adding TO
the difference until the one eye is lost.
Now, what does an operation do? Moth
ing for the sight. 1t may hasten the
straigh;ening of the eye a little, but
| glasses are necessary, just the same. and
must be worn, or the eye will not stay
straight. | repeat that nine out OF every
| ten CrOSS-eveu CnlluTen can nave tnelT
+ eyes slralghtene6 and the sight very much
improved by the use of proper glasses in
early life. There is nothing to be gained
in letting children go uncared for in this
way, and many a careless parent Will live
to be censured by their children for allow
ing them to lose the sight of an eye by
] letting II go until 1t is too late"
The doctor ha- come to this city 10 To-
cate and will give you valuable advice re-
garding the condition OF your eyes.
Rooms 415-l6-17 the Emma Spreckels
| building, Market street.