Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-09
ADO D E Y E-S RAIN.
OVER. USE CAUSES OTHER THAN
4 OPTICAL AFFECTIoNs. 5... i
Some Valuable Informat ton and IA.
l vice on the Causes and Treat
ment Of Faulty Visual s ii
5siisss 81; :. 81 Organs. " I &==< i

tine aDOVe-nameQ topic. he calls alteQ-
ton to the fact that the eye has always
been studied simply rs part Of the
body, under physiology, and contends
. that it needed to be studied as an optical
instrument, under optics, q. branch Of
science in which our knowledge is
automatically accurate. The usual
explanation that eyes are naturally
weak and may be rested by an avoidance
of work is declared to be erroneous, and
the conviction is expressed that no or
gan OF the body should fail to perform its
own particular function or show diff
Guilty in its performance unless 'some>
thing is out Of order. The proper thing
to do, according to DR.. Dixon, is not 10
give up its use, but to find the trouble,
to correct it If possible, and to restore
the organ to usefulness.
The writer informs us that the eye
varies as much as everything else in
the human body. Each person." he
states, lis born with his own pair of
eyes; sometimes they are correct, often
er not So Often they are not alike and
cannot work together properly" Vision
is corrected by the. ciliary muscles,
which are made to work; but when they
are overtaxed they are liable to exhaus-
ton and this, in turn, gives rise to seri-
GUS consequences. It is found to be an
actual fact that eye-strain is often the
principal factor producing nervous de-
bility, hysteria, melancholia, vertigo,
nausea, insomnia, nervous dyspepsia,
palpitation OF the heart, general nerv-
BUSINESS, irritability, faintness, weari-
ness, headaches, constipation sand
dozens Of other annoying conditions.
Eye-strain, the author maintains, is 4
permanent waste of nervous energy In
correcting the slight congenital and per-
manent errors in the shape of the eyes.
This waste is not felt by a strong,
healthy system, but is ready to become
decided tax whenever the system gets
below par, and it's effects are intensified
Immensely by continued close work.
Wehn once the muscles have been
taxed to the point of exhaustion, and
nervous reflexes or disturbances set up
elsewhere, then any effort to force the
eyes to continue their work may cause
actual physical damage requiring a
long time to repair. 1t is like the break
down that comes from overwork in any
other way-repair is slow and some
times never perfect.
Now that the cause of eye-strain IL
known, we have the choice of two meth
DDS of relief may remove the condi-
tons that make it a burden, or we may
correct, but not remove, the cause.
Theoretically, the doctor insists,
glasses should be worn constantly since
the errors are fixed, but If thee eyes can
once learn how to rest. they are usually
able to bear their overwork fair share
OF the time without bad results; but they
must have rest, and at frequent inter-
walls. =.
The dislike to wearing glasses ISIS
great and universal, the reason. for
wearing them so little understood, and
the temptation to the oculist to avoid
forcing such an unpleasant remedy on
his patients is so strong, that they have
been worn generally for close work
only, or for temporary relief, and rs lit
tie as possible. But if glasses are need
ed at all they are really more beneficial
when worn for resting or distant vision
than for close work; but that is exactly
opposite, the author tells U.s. to what
people wish to do or find agreeable. Too
many people decide to follow their own
1rclination, but are sure to find later
that the cost of so doing is much greater
than thew had exnectad
Glasses do not do bit of the work the
eyes ought to do; they simply correct
3mperfections. In conclusion DR.. Dixon
states that, contrary to the general idea.
sharp. clear sight, SO highly priced and
the boast of many, is not the proof or
the test of a good eye; for many who
have the keenest vision cannot use their
eyes much or with any comfort. Easy
vision, he maintains, vision that can be
used and enjoyed freely, without
thought or fatigue, is the proper test of
q good eve