Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-11-30

the stomach is most deadly poi
son. Is it true that child dice
from this cause not very long age
; in Morgan county? Optometrists
believe that atropine Injuries eyes
also but probably not as dangerous
as the trying to fit glasses without
, it by those who do not understand
Optometry and cannot use States
Dynamics, Phoros and Ductions.
Another example: We 1t Alfredo
Corner of Beverly with farsight
glasses few years ago, we wanted
to make them three times stronger
but she would not wear glasses that
logged her vision. She later quit
wearing the glasses, her muscles
cramped some more SO she went to
the above mentioned Oculist who
I gave her nearsight glasses because
she saw better with them at that
| time OF course the minus glasses
caused progressive myopia so she
is now wearing very strong near
sight glasses with Grandma bi-focal
| segments cemented on for reading.
! Her accommodation and CONVEX
gence is paralyzed by the near
sight glasses until she can not read
without the double vision She
should be wearing strong farsight
then her eyes would be normal and
healthy. She is now in high school,
| J guess she will be blind some day
Emma Ellis, a school girl, Water
! ford, r. f. d., came in saying 81
have spent $17.O0 for glasses the
past year and / am going blind
Can you help me?" She also was
wearing old peoples double vision.
! the distance part very weak.
found her three and half dioptres
farsight 1t usually requires a year
| for accommodation to get normal
after such treatment.
| Mrs Kenneth Dearth Beverly
r. D.. had been fitted with bi-focal
glasses back when she was attend
ing high school, the distance part
very weak, with reading part ce-
mented on as usual. She had brok-
en- her frames and just came in to
have them repaired. She said she
had worn them several years and
could not see to read without them.
/ explained her probable condition
to an unwilling listener and re-
| fused to repair the glasses. She
| told her hubby. They came back.
! I explained some more and eXamin-
ed her eyes finding her two and a
half dioptres farsight with little
! accommodation for her age (about
2O) and weak duction power caus-
ed by no diseased condition but by
error of refraction and wearing
glasses that made it worse.
! We have examined hundreds of
such cases and find very seldom in
! al
condition that would justify double
vision glasses for young people.
Anv one who cannot tell by test
| ing the difference between a prema-
ture hardening of the crystalline
lens capsule and tired exhausted
accommodation because of large
amounts of hyperopia covered up by
cramped crooked eye muscles has
not gone far in the study Of op-
tics.
| can I believe fill this page with
cases similar to above from my
records, but 7 don't believe it would
prevent half dozen doctors from
this county from knocking me and
sending you for more of the gener-
al practice as they have done the
past five years. They probably get
commission The next time you
are told that it is dangerous to come
to me, that my instruments are no
account and only for show ETC., just
write Prof. Howard d. Minchin of
the o. S. U. and inquire concerning
the value of G.. e I. Ophthalmom-
eter, a Geneva Ophthalmoscope and
Retinoscope, a hand Ophthalmo-
scope, plain and concave hand Ret
inoscopes, a number 215 Ski-opto-
meter which contains both red and
white Maddox Rods, microscope,
double rotary prisms. besides COM
plete batteries of spherical and cyl
inder lenses. l say that he will
tell you that these are all standard
instruments of the highest grade
and indispensable in the examina-
tion of the eye.
The fact that three doctors in
and around Crooksyille recommend
ed patients to come to me for eye
examination, Dr. Hoag and DR.. Hay
ward of Beverly have sent me eye
patients and year after DR.. Hoag
had removed to Marietta he came
back to me for eye examination and
glasses. My record shows some
thing like dozen patients from the
city of Marietta the past year for
some reason. Ny friend DR.. Bay of
Columbus now State Industrial In
surance Examiner came, to me for
Kryptok glasses asking me to do the
grinding of the lenses. Also measur
ed the eyes and ground a pair of
Kryptoks for DR.. Jewett. So when
one doctor calls me a dangerous ig
noramus and other doctors much
larger give me their work, is there
not room for a medium size question
mark after that 'ramus?
| have three standard text books
on eye diseases and many more on
other branches of our profession.
Am a subscriber for our two best
optical journals. / read them some.
/ passed the state standard optical
examination at the first one held in
Ohio. / have a good little optical
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