Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14
DR.. Coffee
Talks About
Crossed
or Crooked Eyes

There are so many parents that
have the wrong idea about the al
Fiction called cross eyes or crooked
eyes This means the eyes turn in
or turn out. ! wish to say that this
trouble is muscular trouble, and Is
not a disease of the internal eye, and
is caused in every case by a con-
traction Of one of the muscles. This
weakens the other muscle and holds
the eyes in a wrong position so the
two eyes will not focus together,
and this fact Of not being able 10
focus constantly causes a strain of
the eyes, and this causes the weak
eye, the one that is the most crook
Cd. to become weaker all the time.
There are various causes for this
trouble Some children are born that
way, or become crossed imm ediately
after birth. If this trouble is allow
ed 10 run on until the patient be
sight in the weak eye is so undeVel-
Oped and weak that it is impossible
for it to ever regain normal sight
After strengthening It. 1t viii be
come stronger, and the sight viii he
better. 1t is for this special reason
that children'S eyes should be
covered straighten chiIdren's
eyes down TO as young as 20 months
old There is not a parent that
would allow their child to go on
with a crooked ankle until it is 20
years old without having it correct
ed I say the eye is equally impor-
tant
is entirely muscular, the method that
use in strengthening it makes the
eye perfectly straight, and has moth
ing TO do with the internal eyebalI
whatever, and therefore is absolutely
without any danger. I have straight
ened several thousand cases of cross
eyes, and / have never had an in
ELIMINATION following it To the or
binary cases of CrosS-eyes / put a
Of T1adJcina IN the
wait about 10 minutes, and straight
en- the eyes in about two minutes
People Is years old or more can sit
and talk to me while I am doing it,
and they can go home with the eyes
perfectly straight without danger
Now, this being true what possible
having their children's eyes straig 1t
encd2 1t is not fair to the child
No matter how old you are, If your
ewes have been crooked all your life.
YOU can have them stralghteeneedi II
YOU wish Take the case of chris
I.ahl Of Wilton, Iowa SO years old.
said he was born with both eyes
crossed. I Strengthened them in
few minutes He sat and talked to
me. and went home without a band
age on the eyes, and practically no
irritation or soreness. Mrs Kay
Schrader, I25 Fifth street, SIlvis,
III was Is years old. She came to
me. and put medicine in and
srraiEhtened her~eyes in three min
utes ne sat and talked TO me while
II was being done; went home with
the eyes perfectly straight, ard has
rad no trouble since Sam Falko-
vIch. 1915 Ripley street, Davenport.
whose daughter was cross-eyed since
She was "A child, and is now 10 years
old. I put some drops in her eyes,
and in a few minutes she sat down
in a chair and I Strengthened the
ewes. and she talked to me while IL
was being done. went home without
any danger.
/ Strengthened woman's eyes, 81
years old. that had been that way
she said since birth. l stralghtened
a mans eyes that was 40 years OLD,
who had been that way since birth
/ have Strengthened practically every
form of crOss-eyeS. and about every
age M TO 60 years of age. No mat
ter how bad the eyes can be
Stra5ghtened by ny method. People
aTHcted with crossed or crooked
eyes should come in to me about TINS
have devoted 81 years Of my life 10
the treatment Of eye, ear. nose ana
throat diseases. and have treated
thousands upon thousands Of cases
7 am in nv Offices every SATURDAY,
Monday and Tuesday of each week
NJ hours are from a m TO ?. n
Ctffices in the First national Banh
building. corner Second and Main
streets. Telephone Dav. 1914.
DR. W. o. COFFEE,
Davenport, Iowa.