The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-15

There /, 10 the New York Eye aud ".
infrmsry = marvellous % sgnel OF suiliclsn
poser to llft sixteen pounds, but its III
IN. power is ~ nothing when compared
TO It's git iCr saving the sight OF bumsr
eyes Nhtn viewed - M eye insirumen
1t is giant III size snd, indeed il is 81
powerful an a giant is Supposed TO be, iol
/. takes 100 volts OF electricity OF the incsn
descent light circuit TO sotuste II, II IL
the .trsngsst aud one OF the most relisbie
eye doctors to be found within ths length
aud breadth OF Manhattan Island, or sny
where else, for that matter
Every metal worker, every iron worker.
every man who works where Lsrticles OF
met Il Of sny soIt hy about is likely to get
such a spliuter 10 his eye. Time was
when th.t meant blindness, for there 10 no
operation that ever becomes necessary 10
perform on any human organ which is
more delicate than sn operation involving
the retou,ion or loss OF the eyesisht,
One would think that q magnet possess
ing sufficient electrical attraction TO liz .
subslauce weighing sixteen pounds, with
two inch contact. would bring anything
out OF any sye, 1t 30 happens that when
AL eye which has become the unbsppy
possessor OF = fragment OF iron or steel is
brought near this magnet the presence
and location OF the metal is imme lately
made manifest by the bu ging Of the coats
OF the eyebsll. This is the exact spot 10
GATED and with the attraction continued
al full limit the matter OF tho extraction
OF particle becomes simple.
The magnet rssts on = swivel and this
swivel rests on . stand. The magnet itssli
10 twsnty.iout inches from pole to pole.
Under the old method. II the psrtiole
simply adhered to the surface Of the eye ii
could be easily swept of. sitter the eys
had been oocsinized, by means OF . little
absorbent cotton. twisted ground . probe
or wooden tootbpick. II 10 whom the
particle ia deeply imbsdded In the eye, or
has forced its way into that portion OF the
orb known ~ the cornesl tissue, because
OF striking the eye while hot. that 1t be
comes uecess Hy to use instruments or =
magnet.
When pstiont comes to the doctor TO
be trestod for an injury 10 the eye he 10
sssted 10 chair with . hesdrest. facing .
good light The doctor first studiss the
eysbsll with the thumb and ioreHngsr OF
his left hand Should he discover that
the bit OF metal is very minute and not to
be readily seen, he calls IN assistant, who
focuses the hight upon the eye by means
Of large six inch reading lens. When
be fnds that the particle eau be seen nice
ly be axes the gougs or the bistoury, the
two dulLty yet teTrorizlng Instruments OF
the eye specialist and with the point OF
either he makes ~ insertion beneath the
particle aud III moment. II the surgeon
be sklltu, the metal is out upon tue sur
fAoe.
II must not be understood that the use
OF the magnet renders altogether unnsces
sary the Instruments referred TO- Ths
attraction OF the magnet csuses the sur
face OF the eyebsll beneath which the Bit
Of metal Is lodged to bulge ont. showinq
the exact po Iiien OF the particle. This IL
where the surgeon finds it necessary TO
use the gouge or bistoury. Just 81 In ~
operation where the msgnet WAS not used
rhe advantage 10 this case 10 fonnd 10 the
.t there is ~ delay or doubt ~ to
the Iocstion OF the off. d.nding particle
aow Is it when the particle merely I'D
heres 10 the surface OF the eyebsll instead
OF penetrating tbs tissue in great dsgsset
Eye aud usgnet are brought into iuItspo
.ition. The eyebsll IL barred to the iull
sItent OF the electric current 10 less
time than sn eye twinklss the particle, ~
Il sujo~ed with life, fairly leaps from the
yeb.!l to the magnets surface.