Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-23

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IN tured ave for fear the other may De
lost.
Arother way in which eyes can Do
lost With no injury whatever 10 them
:. where one eye turns either out or
In. In this case. such eye sees a olier-
ant object and nature eliminates the
confusion resulting from this by nav
inr ono Of tho eyes become parity
blind. This does not occur. however,
until the child is two or three years
old, and IL proper steps are taken 10
correct the dificulty. 1t is almost IN
variably possible to preserve the sight
Of both eyes.
Sisht is lost every year in some
cases by careless persons looking at
the eclipses Of the sun. Looking ol-
rectly into the sun Is destructive 10
the eyes unless they are protected oy
worry dark smoked glasses.
Eyes are affected through the BODY
both by the poisons Of disease and by
poisons taken internally. Some indi-
viduals are more susceptible to this or
that drug than others. The common
! est such drugs are alcohol and tobac-
CO. Their action is very similar. 1t oc-
ours usually in persons past middle
| life who may not be using more to-
bacco or alcohol than their neighbors
or than they have ever done, and so
they don't connect their loss Of vision
| with either OF these habits. They A.
| nally become worried and consult a
physician who may think to test their
| vision for colors. Sometimes they will
| see large piece of red or green paper
| with distinctness but will tell you
that a very small piece Of either color
is gray. which makes the physician
| suspicious. If they are not willing to
give up their habits, they gradually
find that though they see things
around room perfectly we'll. when
they look directly at these things the
objects disappear in a cloud. In 9TH
er words. their central vi6on becomes
lost. And II they then still persist, they
become blind
A much more fatal poison for eyes
Is wood alcohol The common occur
renee Is to have some individual aft
er debauch report to an oculist that
his vision left him but 1t is recover
Ing and he can now perhaps read. He
thinks that with glasses and little
treatment he will be all right, and it
is very pathetic to have him in spite
of all treatment lose his vision within
TWO or three weeks so that it is no
longer useful to him. This drug Is
| used in the manufacture of varnishes
ana the fumes Of It in a small room O,
cioset IN vanishing have been sutfi :
clent 10 cause blindness. Even burn
ing II IN an alcohol lamp in a confined
space IS dangerous. 1t is sometimes a
component OF patent medicines. cheap
favorings and perfumes which are
dangerous taken internally or inhal-
ed. 1t is much more dangerous than e.
used to be because when carefully
renned 1T loses the characteristic and
opiloxious odor, and Is frequently sold
unoer such names as Columbian spir-
vi iliethslated spirits, with the OBJ
Jee' apparently to divert suspicion.
Other common drugs that peop,e
ouS LOT nome consumption at the drug
stores can If used to excess or when
USED py a person who is susceptih,e
20 them, affect the eyes very seriously
among these are quinine, a common
remedy for colds, salycilic acid which
IS round In many rheumatism c,,ras
ana worm medicines which are often
given to children.
Hair Is a dangerous thing for o,,os
because OF hair dyes which freouor+,,
contain anilin or lead Lead is nac,,-
marry treacherous poison because IL
o1ten takes very little to produce seri-
Gus results. as the lead becomes stored
up IN the system and small repeated
doses ultimately become considerable
II occurs. of course from use of lead
pipes for drinking water. One case 10
reported where the small amount Of
iead which got on the overalls of a
painter produced eye difficulties in his
wife who washed two sets of these
overalls each week.
arsenic fortunately Is not as seri-
Gus as 1t was few years ago because
~ is more carefully kept out of beer
ana glucose than it used to be. and
IS not used as freely in the manufac-
lure or wall paper 1t does occur, how
ever. In some cheap wall papers and
IN poison insect powders, and the CON
unued inhalation of either in a small
room may produce eye trouble which
IS never fully recovered from.
Constipation and indigestion both
make eyes work poorly. and the first
symptoms of Bright's disease and dia-
oetes are sometimes the imperfect Wis
ION which they cause.
A common, undressing and ner-
nlclous enemy Is abuse. Perfect eves
are rare. and when they occur are nv
our present way Of life made Inner.
feet in childhood.
Most eyes are what are called far
slghted. This is mistaken name. and
serves only to give most persons a
thrill OF pride in thinking they have
remarkable vision. AS a matter of
TACT such eyes do not see as we'll mr.
as easily as normal eyes. and very far
sishted eyes cannot see very far. They
are simply not near-sighted. Such
eyes make constant effort of focus-
ing IN order to see distinctly. and for
near work the focusing effort is in
tense. With this effort, the vision a,
clear. and people do not UNDERSIGNED
why they need any help when they
see so well. Such persons freouentl,,
get pain in the neck and nut m
olisters under the collar for neural
gia or rheumatism or whatever. EYES
are always going by contraries. There
Is no obvious reason why far-siehted
eyes should not see far or why eve
acne should occur in the back of the