New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-03-01
HOME HEALTH CLUB.

The following excellent article was writ
ten by Dr. Paul Burmaster especially for
the Home Health Club.
THE EYElN IT'S RELATION TO GEN
ERAh DISEASES: The eye shares in
nauy of the bodily dseas es and ailments
In scarlet fever a complete loss Of sight |
sometimes occurs suddenly, lasts few
days, and is due to the toXines in the |
blood. Not infrequently certain eye mus
cles become paralyzed to 6 weeks after |
an onset OF dipthl IBERIA, remaining so for
about month. Diphtheria also causes
what is called dipht heiitic con nctivitis, |
a rather severe. affection of the eyelids. |
Whooping cough is apt t. be followed by
c)rneal ulcers on the surface of the eye
ball, also by brig ht red spots (hemorrhages)
in what is commonly called the white of
the eyeba.l. These hemorrhages are
caused by the bursting of small blood
vessels from strain during coughing
Smallpox leads to liberation and some
times to destruction of the eyeball. The
delete rous affects of vile diseases are
strongly attested by l00, 600 blind children
ia Europe, made by blind infection from
the parents, other children, or towels, etc
carrying the germs of the disease.
We differeniiate four stages of syphilis,
namely, primary, secondary, tertiary and
hereditary. The Eye may be affected in
am of these, even to utter and incurable
| blindness Many cases of severe eye trOu'
| BILE have been reported after influenza.
| In malaria hemorrhage into the eyeball
is serious complication. Lead poison
nc, in itself grave fiction, endangers
he sight b, causing Inflammation and
atrophy (wasin ., If the optic nerve, a
condition hat is also brought about some
times by the excessive use of alcohol or
the use Of any quantity of wood alcohol.
| This wood alcohol, which is sold under
various names, is so much cheaper that
| INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers ha' used it
,s a substitute for grain alcohol. although
| the government forbids it. The overuse of
| ohacco produces in some sensitive per
| IONS symptoms similar to those caused by
lead and alcohol poisoning, the affection
being called nicotine poisoning. In this
class of cases of poison or irrit ant which
| c fuses he Inflammation of the optic nerve
reaches the eye through the circulation
of the blood.
| In kidney disease eye complications are
rather common and indicate a serious
,tate. In diabetes Il cataract sometimes
orns which has the REGULARITY that It
| disappears when the diabetes is cured.
In heart disease eye symptoms are quite
frequ, ntly and during pregnancy temper
AIRY loss of sight is met with now and then
rhe different forms of lht umatism affe CT
1.-THE eye principally rs irilis, which is an
| contamination Of the iris, the cOlOred cur
| ain in the eye, which. according to its
} .ololil G, gives gray, blue, brown and
! !, here,es What is called the pupil is
merely n hole in the IRIS. In locomot or
taxa the Wis Ial held 10 contracted gen
rally even to blindness from atIophy of
he optic nerve. Large dOs of quinne
will bring on disturbances of vision as
veil as hearing, from contraction of the
arteries in the eye. Tumors of the brain
G uses pressure on the center of vi
sion and meningitis, which is an inf am
N ti of the mt nbrane envelOping The
optic as we'll as tho audit ny nerve, with
| disastrous re suits
Scrofula and lowered vitality are pro-
luctive of many cases of eye trouble,
which especially when neglected, d. velop
is such a delicate and sensitive organ that
even slight irri alton, if continued, may
produce serious consequences. Take, for
instances, All ingrowing tyrlash. 1t will
liri tate the surface OF the eyeball 0he
cornea) until it loses its transparency,
and becon NJ cloudy, sight may be lost
or so impaired as to make the eye useless.
lThi, is a striking illustra' ion OF what ne
81. ct of the eyes will lead to- ln no other
class of cases is prompt attention so i'm
peraiive as in affection OF tie eye. AL
Though wonderful organ, yet Oculists
ld.ff.reptiate not less than l25 distinct
eve affections, and examinations in
schools and OF her public institutions have
shown u remarkable high percentage oil
Ii ND, fleet eyes A great German scien-
fist said that if a manufacturer turned out
goods a, imperfect as nature turns out
eyes, be would fail in business. yet with
a their imperfections, we prize then
above all other faculties, and many OF us
give them but little if any care, and abuse
them to tn. limit of endurance.
CLUB NOTES.
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would be AZ good as it could be if it wa
moi for the co lstipation when it seems
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, have to use medicine or il jec'ions con
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n. J. H.
: This is subject which has 30 ofte'
been discussed in thesa notes that many
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