The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-26
CARE OF CHLDREN'S EYES.
Priceless Sight and Health often In
jured or Ruined Through Lack :;
Of Attention. "A

An authority on the subject has de-
clared that there ia no greater cruelty.
no greater crime against humanity
than that Of non-recognition and scorn
Of eye-strain, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald. Headache. sick head
ache dyspepsia, nervousness"
melancholia, insomnia. lndescribable
suffering-these were some OF the more
prominent symptoms that, in various
mixtures, rendered so miserable the
lives of De Quincy. Carlyle, Darwin.
Huxley Browning, Spencer, Wagner
and other persons less known.
Eye-strain in children should be no.
ticed at once and suitably treated.
Many children are met with who blink
necessarily, and for this involuntary
habit they are often punished by ig-
norant parents or guardians The
blinking Is due TO some error OF re-
fraction in the eye. and the conse-
quent effort made in accommodation.
or, In less technical phrase. focusing
on the retlna or optic nerve the objects
which the child is looking at
A child kept at near range ocular
work such as reading. writing. sewing.
and 50 forth finds the page becoming
blurred owing to the lens OF his eye
failing TO focus with accuracy. He
then blinks and increases his efforts
at accommodation. and the letters are
again seen clearly. After reading
few more lines the page again be-
comes blurred and the blinking proc
ess is repeated Il is performed so
often In the day that at last 1t becomes
habit
It not infrequently happens that a
spasmodic closure Of the lid Is SUPER
added to the winklng. and later on the
whole face may participate In the act.
with the accompanying grimaces Pc
culiar to cholera or St Vitus' dance
Thus habit choroa- which Is not the
real chorea-is formed. and, although
It Is often met with, II Is seldom treat
ed intelligently Such patients should
be sent to an oculist. and no time
wasted at FIRST IN giving drugs
Mgralne is a painful anllction sick
headache, megrim, hemIcranla, nervous
headache and bilious headache are
other names for the same thing
It causes large number Of other
symptoms, and is Itself a varied type.
according to the kind Of near work re-
QuIrcd, and the temperament Of the
patient Out OF 1000 patients Of this
disease, 90 out OF every 100 were cured
by spcctaclos.
As one gets Older cye-slraln becomes
rarer, hence the frequent disappear
ance OF sick headache at the age ~
from 30 to 60 years. Scamstresses, type
writer's, clerks, students. teachers and
mechanics OF handicraftsmen who cam
not stop ncar-range ocular work or
limit II without rlsklng starvation, are
great sufferers from mlgraine and all
It's melancholy missrlcs Instead OF
drugglng themselves with dangerous
medicines. which in the end make
wrecks of their constitutions, all they
require to do Is 10 procure suitable
pair Of spectaclcs to correct their eye
defects,
The cure Is 30 ludicrously simple that
Il Is generally overlooked. In children.
especially, all nervous symptoms should
excite the suspicion that the eyes may
be at fault, and lead TO their examina-
ton by an oculst Their appropriate
treatment may obviate lifelong misery.