The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-17

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sight, or makes us see double. The
least disturbance turns us dizzy
and leaves us with a headache.
These same folks treat their eyes
as if they were going to last for
ever. They read or work endleSsly,
without taking time off to rest the
eye nerves or to relax the muscles
that keep them moving.
Why Eyes Fail
How many Of you know what the
retina of the eye isP Yet many OF
you, no doubt, have a projecting
machine in your home by which
you show pictures Of domestic
scenes or poses. Well, you have to
have a sheet of some sort TO receive
the image which you propose to
show TO the audience That sheet
represents the back page Of the eye
structure upon which the image Of
the scene before the person is re-
flected. Unless that plaque in the
back of the eye is properly placed.
hung properly in the mechanism OF
the eye, and free from imperfec-
tons, the picture will not be shown
clearly and In detail.
When some one remarks, MY
eyes seem hazy this morning" you
may be sure that conditions in the
back field of his eyes are not quite
clear. 1t means all the difference
between the folks who see quickly
and clearly, getting all the details
of what is happening before them,
and those who merely have a gen.
eral idea of how things look.
There are cases of what is known
as detached retina," in which this
receiving disc, this rejecting sheet,
has slipped ever so slightly from its
fasteningS and in turn fails to re-
turn a clear picture Of the scene
before 1t.
1t has taken the eye surgeon, the
neurologist and the brain special
list all together TO find what to do
about conditions in this mechan-
ism which we call the eye, which
cannot function unless the receiv-
ing plate is in perfect condition and
placement. Most Of you know from
experience that. you do not see so
clearly when you have a headache,
or you are under special strain, or
get "all upset"
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Eye exhaustion, too, leaves you
in q state in which you find your
vision is not so clear. But it has
taken many experts to tell you why
this all happens.
There are the optical engineers
who have designed and constructed
the instruments which eye special
lists use to look into the depths OF
your eye structure and tell what is
interfering with your sight.
They also provide the precision
instruments that are used to find
trouble anywhere in the neighbor-
hood of the eye. 1t seems only a few
years since we knew practically
nothing about brain tumors and
their effects on eyesight. They
could cause such pain and pressure
, that the sight would be seriously
interfered with. Aside from growths
of any kind, there is sometimes a
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must be detected by these precision
instruments. because they get in
the way of this retina background
and prevent your seeing clearly.
Squints and cross eyes must be
measured by precision instruments
before any corrective glasses or
treatments IA be determined and
a course Of treatment arranged,
With all the advance In science In
regard to discovering defects or
diseases Of the eye. its structure and
performance. II is a serious over
sight for us not to take advantage
OF our privileges in protecting and
caring for such a priceless sense as
u sight.