Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-02-26
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The following excellent article was
written by DR.. Paul Burmaster es-
pecially for the Home Health Club.
THE EYE IN IT'S RELATION TO
GENERAL DISEASES: The eye
shares in many Of the bodily diseas-
es and ailments. In scarlet fever 9
complete loss of sight sometimes oc-
ours suddenly, lasts few days, and
is due to the toxines in the blood.
Not infrequently certain eye muscles
become paralyzed 4 to 6 weeks after
an onset Of diptheria, remaining so
for about a month. Diptheria also
causes what is called diptheritic con-
junctivitis, a rather severe affection
Of the eyelids. Whooping cough is
apt to be followed by corneal ulcers
on the surface Of the eyeball, also by
bright red spots (hemorrhages) in
what is commonly called the white of
the eyeban. These hemorrhages are
caused by the bursting Of small blood
vessels from strain during coughing.
Smallpox leads to liberation and
sometimes to destruction Of the eye
ball. The deleterious effects Of vile
diseases are strongly attested by
100000 blind children in Europe,
made blind by infection from the
parents, other children or towels,
etc., carrying the germs Of the dis
ease.
We differentiate four stages of
syphilis, namely primary, secondary,
tertiary and hereditary. The eye
may be affected in any Of these, even
to utter and incurable blindness.
Many cases Of severe eye trouble
have been reported after influenza.
In malaria, hemorrhage into the eye
ball is a serious complication. Lead
poisoning, in itself a grave affection,
.endangers the sight by causing in
fammation and atrophy (wasting)
Of the optic nerve, condition that
is also brought about sometimes by
the excessive use Of alcohol or the
use in any quantity Of wood alcohol.
This wood alcohol, which is sold I'M
der various names, is so much cheap
er that INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers
have used it as substitute for grain
alcohol, although the government
forbids it. The overuse Of tobacco
produces in some sensitive persons
symptoms similar to those caused by
lead and alcohol poisoning, the af-.
lection being called nicotine poison
ing. In this class of cases the pois-
on or irritant which causes the in
fammation Of the optic nerve reach
es the eye through the circulation Of
the blood.
In kidney diseases eye complica-
tons are rather common and indicate
serious state. In diabetes cata-
ract sometimes forms which has the
popularity that it disappears when
the diabetes is cured. In heart dis
ease eye symptoms are quite fire.
quent and during pregnancy temper
airy loss Of sight is met with now and
then. The different forms Of rheu-
matism affect the eye principally as
iritis, which is an inflammation of
the iris, the colored curtain in the
eye, which, according to it's coloring,
gives gray, blue, brown and other
eyes. What is called the pupil is
merely hole in the iris. In locomo-
tor ataxia the visual field is contract
ed generally even to blindness from
atrophy Of the optic nerve. Large
doses Of quinine will bring on dis
turbances Of vision as we'll as hear
ing, from contraction Of the arteries
in the eye. Tumors Of the brain
cause pressure on the center Of Wis
ion and meningitis, which is an in
hammation of the membrane envelop-
ing the brain, often is extended to the
optic as well as the auditory nerve,
with disastrous results.
Scrofula and lowered vitality are
productive Of many cases Of eye
trouble, which especially when ne
elected, develop serious hindrance to
good sight. The eye is such deli
cate and sensitive organ that even a
slight irritation, if continued, may
produce serious consequences. Take,