The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-02-21

safely trust with precious eyes when
millions advertise as scientific optici-
ans.
Druggists, peddlers, photographers.
dentists, milliners, jewelers., and
other pretenders, greedy for dol
lars. without scruple advertise
what they and all well inform.
ed people know they cannot pos
sibly be, j. e. scientific opticians.
Now if this amounted to no more
than getting money from a few
credulous people. no great harm
would be done. but a vast amount OF
blindness is caused by Ill fitting
glasses, and thousands are tortured
through their eyes for years, suppos-
ing such quacks have given all the
relief possible.
Prof. Mayne Arnold is not writing
this because he needs the business.
he has enough, but so far as he may
he wishes to safeguard precious eyes
aad the pockets of inconsiderate PEI
SOFAS from the greedy extortlon of ig-
norant quacks.
Doubtless some may say | do1't
believe it is dangerous wearing
glasses even If badly fitted
Well, Mayne Arnold will convince
you and to do that will give quota.
lions from the writings of the
worlds greatest eye scientists.
Prof. Arnold quotes from an edi
,torial entitled THE Grinding of Spe
cialists," by ]. NJ. Ball, M. D., pro
fessor of diseases of the eye, Keokuk
Medical College, published in the Tri
State Medical Journal:
"Much harm is done by simlet-eyed
jeweIer opticians who Iearnedly chat
ter about their cases of astlgmatsm
hypermetropia and myopia. I"
These haIf-hatched and abortive pro.
ducts about the country profess to
perform miracles and really do a
great amount of HARM" .s..
OF course you must believe the
above, but, you say, Lnese people use
standard methods in testing eyes. In
his admirable work, Eye, Mind, En-
ergy and Matter" Chalmers Prentice
NJ. D., says, page AZ:
mechanical glass fitting according
tothe accepted methods of the day
is responsible for many serious con.
dtions to the eyes and nervous sys.
tenn. Glasses that bring about per.
feet vision may be exceedingly injur.
ious. The physiological aspect Of
vision should always be carefully
studied in adjusting glasses for
sight" ..r
II would seem that enough has been
said by Prof. Arnold to prove the dan
ger of consulting incompetent people
for glasses. OF course they want
your money. but that doesn't com
pensate you for endangering your
eyes.
AS to danger of that awful
disease Glaucoma, Prof Arnold quotes
from Diseases of the Eye" by Ed
ward Nettleship, F. R. C. s., Page
29S:
General and diathetic causes of
Glaueoma, overuse of presbyopic eyes
without suitable glasses or prolonged
ophthaImoscopic examination"
GLAUcoMA AND CATARACT.
De Schweiaitz in his late work,
Physiological Optics" says:
investigations show that a large
majority of cataractous eyes are n.y.
permetropic and astigmatic and that
tn danger of cataract is increased
when the astigmatism is against the
rule and remains uncorrected. The
evident prophyIactic measure is the
use of proper glasses"
This author also Endorses the-view
that similar remarks apply to the
prophylaxis of glaucoma. He says:
"over-use of the eye, especially
with. improperly corrected retroactive
error poorly fitted erasses) has a
distinct tendency by causing ocular
congestion to bring on elaucoma in
an eye predisposed to the disorders
by the changes IN the ciiiary region
Prof. Arnold does not use the or,
binary methods of eye-fitting prac.
ticed by others. He uses only safe
methods and fits glasses to the eye
by scientific inspection in a manner
which is the result of more than six,
ty years of research and experience.
BY calling on Prof. Mayne Arnold
for glasses you get (1sD the finest
goods; (2d the highest skill; (3i)
the lowest prices. See list of prices
in another column.
One last word as regards skill
Reliable skill is not produced like a
mushroom, in single night. 1t can
only be acquired by having a large
business extending over many years,
Prof. Arnold has had over sixty years
of investigation, study and expert.
ence with eyes.