Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-22
PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
Colorado State Medical Society VIII
Publish Series of Articles.

Colorado State Medical Society Will
Publish Series of Articles.
The press committee of the Colorado
State Medical society has secured from
the medical profession series of concise
articles on the prevention of disease and
the conservation Of life and health.
These ARTICLES are offered the public
press, and tbs Enterprise herewith pub
fishes one of the series in the hope that it
NAV impart some useful information to
our readers:
Eyes are necessary for self-protection
and to make a living, yet they are the
least cared for and the most abused part
of the body.
Eye-straln is an excessive or abnormal
effort OF an eye or pair of eyes to
maintain perfect vision (sight).
Eye-strain is due chiefly to some de-
feet in the shape Of the eyeball or to
weakness of the muscles of the eyes.
A perfect eye can be strained by over
or unwise use, just as a perfect arm or
leg can be. There are few perfect eyes.
The imperfect eyes are on a strain
whenever open. They are more easily
harmed by over or unwise use. This
means a leakage Of nerve force in the
syes and in other parts of the body. Such
eyes may seem to be perfect. and yet by
using up more nerve force than their
share, in order to see. may lead to dis
eases in other parts of the body thus de-
prived of nerve force.
of La 1I.u
caIsing small amounts of eys-strain,
often do more harm by continually UNDER
mining the general health. than do the
greater ones that are more easily felt
and hence more quickly relieved.
Reacing while lying down. or by poor
ght, night or day, is harmful to the
eyes.
SONG BAD EFFECTS OF EYE-srRAIN.
Headache and neuralgia. particularly
over the brows and in the back Of the
head and neck.
lnhammations Redness. scales,
erusts and styes Of the eys!ids and ulcers
Of the eyeball.
Cross-eyes: The eye that crosses
usually loses vision from non-use and
may become practically useless IL not
corrected.
Reflex" nervous conditions Epi-
leptie spasms. convulsions, nervous
nsss." restlessness at night. palpitation Of
the heart. St. Vitus' dance. nausea. vom-
iting, indigestion, a run down" and even
more serious physical conditions are
common.
| Watering OF the eyes and blurring,
| when reading, sewing or dong other near
or fine work.
| Backwardness in mental growth ard
truaney. Eye-strain produces an irri-
tation in the brain expressed by a rest
less desire to run away from school land
near work. and then to stay away for
fear Of failure in class.
lifting Of the head. When constant
this is often due to an effort to straightsn
out crooked vision and may lead to spinal
curvature with its bad effects.
Holding the work close to the eyes
shows eys-strain.
| When these conditions are caused by
defects in the eyeballs, glasses are nee
essary and they cannot be permanently
cured without glasses.
Children's eyes should always be tested
with pupils cilatsd by atropine tbella-
donnal.
Speetaeles arc better than nose
glasses.
1t is as necessary to keep the glasses
on straight as it is to have a proper fit.
II glasses are not comforta ole or do
no, fit they will be taken off and not
worn. Because a child refuses to wear
the glasses it S no sign that he does no