The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-09
WHY YOUR EYES HURT
When Tired Impossible TO Read,
Write or Draw.
ASTHENOPIA IS THE CAUSE
Or. Seymour Explains This Condition Of
the Eyes and Describes the Symp-
toms Attending Same.
ASTHEN0PlA IS

One Of Houston's best known architects
has returned from weeks outing, merely
to give his eyes a rest as be states. Though
much benefited, OF course, this firing OF tile
eyes returns when his work Is resumed.
which is accompanied bv hurting seusa
tlon both troublesome and painful. in speah
lng % this he expressed his gAtincauon
OF having found relief through Or. ". l.
SeS mour, the well known specialist, VINO
mas recently returned TO lloustun. ~. SeJ
mOur pronounced ms aulicttun astneuopld,
cOndlton oil tue eyes IN which 1t rs TN
possible to read, write, draw or do ans
thing Involving close application Of tue
eyes, at least tor any great length 81 time.
little work may he done, bur the eyes
soon become fatigued-iu an hour or two,
perhaps or In uye or ten minutes In very
Uad cdscs-aud work has to De- hoapdOucd.
lhe patient may see as well as anybody
at tue commencement OF the task, especial
~ lt IL be cSsu! ed soon after gsiu-, nut
~ 4 Htte WINE thele is a. swimming III
| the neld OF view, the printed letters be-
gin 10 lance and their cages become thIcK
ANA tndistlnct there is a Keeling OF weight
In the cyelids aud a How OF tears,
work may be resumed after o pause, but
the same symptoms soon recur and II work
Is petstFtNy sharp palm Is felt in the
temples and around the eyes, especially near
me eyebrows, there Is "A feeling of cramp.
( Ike contraction at the root Of the nose,
the tears now more coplously, the eyeiids
I become intamed and Redeemed and a So
.
The characteristic feature OF all these
J symptoms is bit they soon vanish when
( work demanding close application of the
( eyes IS stopped aud reappear when such
! The patient usually feels best on sunday
! Tint u.s. If he really makes Sunday a day
Of rest-.and gets gradually worse through
| tue week until Saturday night, when his
! condition Is the worst.
The above are the symptoms Of as
, thenoplu. which Greek word simply means
n FsN lie lHHH
| any idea OF the real nature of the malady.
! The causes, rs well as the varieties. Of
asthenopia are many, but the chief Of
| these is insufficient power generally con.
! genital. Of tho muscles aud especially Of
! the muscle whose function is to turn the
| e|ebail inward or toward the nose. It
| should be explained that the eycball. which
| Is almost a perfect sphere, rolls on soft
| cushion ot fat within the couiCal eye
socket and is moved In various ways ny
SIX muscles. Four of these, the straight
muscles, or rect. turn It respectively up,
down, In and out The other two. the
obique muscles. pass through rings Of carti
lpgc rnd nrc attached to the pycball IN
SUCH manner as to enable them to twist
II on It's axis.
The inner straight muscle, or internal
rectus. is the one whose weakness gives
rise 70 asthenopia.
Now. when near object, such as a
letter In printed page, is looked at at.
lenllNcly, both eyes are turned full on II
SO that the two lines of vision. or optic
axes meet at the letter This turning 4,
effected by the Internal rectl muscles re
terred TO- The nearer the object is the
more sharply are the eyes turned inward
ana tho greater Is the effort required OF
the inner muscles 10 bring the eyes 10 the
right position and hold them there against
! the pun OF the other muscles
II Is evident also, that the strain aut
fatigue Of these inner muscles must IN
crease with the length Of time that tn,
eyes are thus fixed on light objects. Til,
! size Of the type also has an indirect If
feet because small objects must he hell
? close TO the eyes to he seen distinctly. +
e the eye muscles are strong and healthy ant
= II there is no abnormal resistance to tn,
free motion OF the eyeball. the eyes ma,
, he used for n long time without fatigue
s but when the inner muscles are weak thel
can not stand the strain ana asthcnopll
results,
b Or Seymour is daily proving bcnofacto
i to hundreds nf people suffering from thci
! eyes right here In Houston. ana those whit
{ | We're looking forward 10 his return 20 thi
city were numbered among his first Wis
TORS His many wonderful achievement
In relief giving had preceded his secon,
visit to Houston, In this city, whore Dr
Seymour Is SO well known, his friends arr
many. and his first visit to Houston re-
suited I'm his heinC urged to return again
which he did at the earnest solicitation o
{ go many. Or. Seymour's offices occup
! Burnett building on Texas avenue, nm,
he Is daily giving permanent relief tn mau'
= minor MS well MS complicated eve troubles
j. week for the benefit Of the many No-Tsu
a tsfel t,ta