The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

with glasses Is one of the greatest and
broadcast as well as one of the most
difficult branches of medicine. The
glass Is one of the greatest powers In
the science of medicine. for 1t is not
like splint to a broken leg like n bed
for tired back. like opium for pain,
like an artificial limb to the manned
or crutch to the crippled. 1t acts
like both sleep and exercise II is u
return of youth to aged eyes 1t Is
often perfection and success in life in.
stead of lmperfection and failure II
may mean all that blindness or sight
all that the eye itself means. Science
by glasses has perpctuated the life of
the mind n quarter of n century. IL
not longer If scie CO and wisdom
could do as mucL for the other fading
powers of life as spectaclcs can for
the eyes there might be many frisky
centenarians. Spectacles are often
the means of ripened wisdom and
should be its badge and symbol
Perfectly fitting glasses take every
bit of the strain off the focusing mus
cles, and balance and ease and give
the eyes their proper exercise, even in
moderate reading. On the surface
this looks as If good glasses ought to
he worn all the time. but this Is far
from right. for such glasses do so
much of the work of the focussing
muscles that these would become
weak from not having proper work.
Until late In life the focusing mech.
anlsm is so powerful that II can make
the sight of very imperfect eye, or
from II badly fitting glass. about per
feet. This is owing TO the soft crys.
tallinc lens Late in life the lens hard.
ems. when even slight imperfectlons
give trouble in reading; then perfectly
fitting glasses are all the more neces.
sary. else too strong glasses have to
he used and the print magnilied so
much that only one eye is used, for the
more print Is magnlfcd the closer and
closer II must be held to the eyes. The
aged cannot hold print close like chill
drcn and still read with both eyes at
the same time. Old people who hold
print close read with only one eye.
A glass that magnilies Il little bit, or
II weak astlgmatism glass. will give
more u less relief t. more than half
who need spectacles. These glasses
will 10y rights fit but few-in fact.
their true use Is very limited for they
suit only the simplest imperfectlons of
the eyes-yet about half who wear
rlngGnG ul thn titnn huuA i1Gt
such compromise. Neither knowledge
nor skill Is required to prescribe such
Just such glasses and such fits as
these have made. and for long time
will make. fat sinecures for travelling
spectacle experts and quack opticians.
The old rule, Wear glasses all the
time," should be changed to Wear
glasses just as little as possible"
Some wear spectacles for years, and
then by lucky chance lose them. only
to find that they get along better with
out. After wearing glasses only few
days many find the print looks worse
to the naked eyes than before. This
Is sure way to tell that glasses are
wrong. Most people with troublesome
imperfections of the eyes cannot leave
their glasses off even for an hour or
so without discomfort. This Is because
they have wrong glasses, The right
glasses can he put on and taken off at
any time with ease and no more dis
comfort following than putting on and
taking off hat.-New York Medical
Journal.