The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-14
AN OCULIST OFFERS SOME
POINTERS

A printed folder giving patients
suggestions about spectacles and eye
glasses is. the contribution of an
oculist physician who treats eye dis
eases) to popular education.
I cordially agree with pointer No.
II in this colleagues list:
1.-THE patient must remember
that the specialist is not at all
responsible for his condition when
he comes for an examination; but
that it is his own fault entirely"
You see, the specialist may come
straight from a class reunion or an
anniversary dinner or just quiet ses-
sion of a committee of medical So
ciety cronies where the various men,
herS read and discuss brief papers.
Whatever his condition. it is reassur-
ing to the patient to know that it is
his own fault.
No. II pointer tells the reader that
"One pair of glasses usually
Suffices for person under 40
years Of age. After that period of
life, two pair are necesSary-one
to correct the defective eyesight
and to be worn constantly; the
other for near work, because of
the fact that every one at As
years of age needs what is called
"eye glasses"
But the oculist approves the use Of
double lenses or bifocal one piece or
invisible lenses instead of two pairs
OF glasses, provided these are mounted
in spectacle frames and not worn as
pince-nez (eye glasses kept on by a
spring..
In another pointer the doctor says
the average person has the idea that
glasses will restore them to COM
What a fine subject etymology,
philology, the anatomy of words,
would make in high school course!
It would be more interesting than
crossword puzzles, and believe more
instructive than such dreary subjects
as English literature and composition.
Incidentally, why not adopt the pro-
noun "thon," as suggested by Prof.
William Lyon Phelps, think, to refer
to a person, some one, or anybody and
everybody. It fits in.
The oculist reminds us that in
many cases of eyestrain the action of
the eye muscles has become SO un-
reliable that the proper glasses, fitted
after careful measurement of the
vision by the oculist or optometrist,
may make everything look distorted
for a while. But the patient should
follow the orders of the specialist un-
til the muscles, under the correcting
influence Of the glasses, regain nor
NAL balance. This may require two
or three weeks in some cases.
When a person first puts on BIZ
focal spectacles thon will generally
experience difficulty in getting ac-
customed to them, perhaps feel GER
tain thon will never be able to wear
them with comfort. But if thon
faithfully wears the glasses for a few
days this early difficulty will clear
away and presently thon will forget it
and become unconscious Of the
glasses.
There may be debate whether older
folks should use the eyes when there
is any eyestrain or wear the correc-
ton offered by optometrist or oculist.
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persons, children particularly, should
always wear spectacles II they are
near sighted, for this early care will
conserve the eyesight for later years.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
'Lasses In Gingerbread
use molasses when make ginger
bread, cookies and cakes. But q
woman recently told me the molasses
we get nowadays contains sulphur d.
oxide which is not good for our
health "a. RD
Answer-That Is true. And q more
palatable molasses, without the brim-
stone adulteration, is obtainable
everywhere.
Irregular Teeth.
Ny daughter. aged IA, has crowded
teeth. Her eye and stomach teeth
are noticeahly out Of line. Dentist
wants to extract them. Would ex.
traction Of these teeth spoil contour
Of the mouth? ". M. o.
Atswer-If they are the primary
teeth, no: If they are the permanent
teeth, yes. Usually the permanent
canine teeth are cut at the age Of Il
to II years, and the others earlier.
Copyright. John F.. Ollie Coz
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