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0oms Valuable 1nfesmatasn ana A.
vice On the Causes and Treat
mant Of Faulty Visual
oreans.
In = recent number Of the Journal Of
the American Medical association, Dr..
Lewis q. Dixon. Of Boston, makes soma
interesting observations in regard to
the above-named topic He calls atten-
ton to thesf fact that the ere his always
han studied simply g Q part Of the
hodv. under phylioloky, and contends
that it needed to be studied Is IN optical
instrument, under optics, . branch Of
SCIENCE insvhich our knowlsdge 10
mathematieally accurate. The usual
|sexplanation that eyes afe Naturally
weak and mayberested By IN avoidanco
OF work Us declared tolhe erroneous, ANA
the conviction is Expressed thatsno or.
gan Of the body should fail to performit s
own particular function or show dim
Guilty in its performance unless some.
thing is out Of order. The proper thing
to do. according to DR.. Dixon, IL not to
give M Its use. but to find the trouble,
to correct it IL possible, and to restore
the orxaI, to usefulness. G ezss,,sssisss.ssa-s
& TheSwriters faforms M that the eye
varies. O. much 81 everythingselssata'
the humsnS body. sEach person" he
states. ID bora with ahis own pair Of
eyes: sometimes they are correct, often.
.er not 30. 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 10 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-
Sousness,s irritability, faintness, weari-
ness. headaches, constipation and
dozens OF other annoying conditions.
Eye-strain, the author maintains, 10
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 strong,
healthy system, but is ready to becomes
decided tax whenever the system gets
below par, and its 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
long time to repair. It 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 10
known, we have the choice of two meth
dds Of relief-w\ may remove the condi-
lions that make It q 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 the 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 Ut frequent inter- ,
walls Z ssi sf4tfis tSsSffsfSS$
The dislike to wearing glasses is so
great and, universal, the reason for
wearing them SO little understood, and
the temptation to the oculist to avoid
na{e susu IL stron that thsx y.
on,v ~ sor tsmnor. - rei;et . and :. s -.
tie n nossihle Rnt r. glasses ara mead.
ed e all they are really more beneficial
than for close work. hut that 10 sractlv
Opposite. the author tells no to What
people wish to do or and arreeanfe Too
many people decide to follow their own
Inclination. but are sure to find later
that the cost Of 30 doing ia much greater
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