Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-01-28
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PROTECT YOUR EYES

PROT ECI YOUR EYED
A painter who was doing a fine
piece of wood granting and who
wished to protect it from dust closed
the room for several hours VIII lie he
was finishing the job with a varnlsh
mixed with alcohol. Two hours al
ter finishing the work his eyesight
failed entirely and although he final
" recovered enough sight to barely
find his way about, he remains a
county charge. Ignorance, which is
responsible for fully One-half Of the
blindness in the world Ghere are
about $500 blind persons in our own
state alone) had cost this man his
independence and much of his en-
iOyment of life. The case is cited by
DR.. Nelson M. Black of Milwaukee IN
valuable treatise on CONSERVATION
Of Vision as one of many emphasize
ing the point upon which occulls>s
have been insisting for years, that
all wood alcohol should be marked
Poison! May Cause Blindness II
Drunk or Inhaled"
In urging the Importance Of guard
ing the eyes against accident, Mr..
Black calls attention to the fact
that the largest contingent CT the
industrial army is made up of agri-
cultural laborers and that, with the
exception of the large manufacturing
centers, the majority Of serious eye
accidents occur on the farm.
There would seem to be no reason
why the farmer as we'll as the
worker in the so-called dangerous
trades should not make use Of pre-
tective spectacles. 1T is not over
estimating their efficacy so say that
by their use ninety-fiye typical in
juries out of 100 could be prevent
ed" says Dr. Black THE question
OF the value Of protective glasses IS
one which deserves to be impressed
upon all classes of people"
Attention is also called to the fact
that a fairly numerous list of eye
accidents belong to what may be
termed household injuries If it
seems necessary to drive a hatchet
or axe into a crack, danger can be
ayerted by interposing a piece Ct
wood between two surfaces of metal
or by using a heavy stock Of wood
instead of a hammer.
Persons going about in the dark
should hold the hands six inches or
so in front of the eyes. Household
chemicals should be put on a low
shelf, far back out of the reach Of
little children Accidents by which
a bottle Of ammonia, or some strong
acid or a can of concentrated I've is
spilled into the eyes while being
lifted down from high shelf are
be allowed to play with sharp or
pointed instruments. IF they must
be intrusted with dangerous objects,
they should be taught how to carry
them with the point turned back.
Toy rifles, slingshots, bows and ar
rows should be banned entirely from
the list Of playthings. Golf balls if
split open are exceptionally danger
Gus.
Everyone should be taught how to
remove q cinder from the eye. The
instinct to shut the eye tightly
and rub it vigorously is wrong. In
stead, take hold of the eyelashes and
pull the lid we'll away from the globe
and the flow Of tears which always
accompanies these accidents will al
most invariably wash the foreign
body out at one corner