The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-09
AN oCULIsT OFFERS SOME POINTERS

A printed folder giving patients suggestions about spectacles and eyeglasses IS the cohtrlnu ' tion of an oculist (physician who treats eye ols- eases) to popular educatlon
 I cordially agree with pointer No 17 in this colleagues list:
 ''The patient must remember that the
 specalst is not at all responsible for hls
 condition when he comes for an examlna-
 ton; but that it is his own fault entirely.
 You see the specialist may come straight from class reunion or an annlversar dinner oi just a quiet session of a committee or meulcal societey cronies where the various members read and discuss brief papers. Whatever his condition, it is reassuring to the patient to know that it is his own fault.
 No IT pointer tells the reader that
 "One pair of glasses usually suftices for
 person under 40 years of age After that
 period of life, two pair are necessary-one
 to correct the defective eyesight and to De
 worn constantly; the other for near work,
 because of the fact that every one at 40
 years of age needs what is called eye
 glasses.
 But the oculist approves the use of double lenses bifocal one piece or lnVlsiple 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 spring..
 In another pointer the doctor says the aver age person has the idea that glasses "ii le- store them to comfort. ... -+,. ... ....
 What fine subject etymology, philology, the anatomy of words, would make in high school course! It would be more interesting than cross puzzles and believe more iN- structive than such dreary subjects as Ehsish literature and composition. Incidentally, why not adopt the pronoun thon," as suggested by Prof William Lyon Phelps think. to refer to a person, some one, or anybody and everypooS. It fits in.
 The oculist reminds us that in many cases of eyestrain the action of the eye muscles mas become so unreliable that the proper glasses, fitted after careful measurement of the vision by the oculist or optometrist, may make every thing look distorted for while But the pa tient should follow the orders of the specialist until the muscles. under the correcting infiu- ence of the glasses, regain normal balance This may require two or three weeks in some 0ases
 When person first puts on bfocal specta- cles thon will generally experience difiiculty Tn getting accustomed to them, perhaps reel cer- tain thon will never be able to wear them with comfort But if thon fhithfull wears the glass es for a few days this early difficulty VIII clear away and presently thon will forget 1t and be. come unconscious of the glasses. There may be debate whether older folk should use the eyes when there K an eyestrain or wear the correction offered by optometrlst or oeuiist, But there is no question that youns persons, children particularly, should always wear spoetaeies If they Are near hlghted, Tor this early care will conserve the eyeslsht Tor later years.
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