The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07


be. There are a score of factors in
any case that involves actual dis
ease. or even temporary disability.
that must be considered before the
immediate condition can be dag
nosed. We still do not know just
how much heredity has TO do with
human miserieS or weaknesses. we
do know much of the effect OF en-
vironment, but we have to be told
what that environment has been
and what it is at present.
In no instance is this situation
more true than in cases that in
volve the eyes. There are on the
market and in the Offices OF spe-
cialists in this field literature and
mechanisms that reveal how much
we have not known about the eye.
Special Muscular Care
DR.. Luther Peter has written
most Interestingly about the EEK
tra-ocular" muscles II think 1t
came out about five years ago.,
and we suddenly became aware
that the eye not only is q most
intricate bit Of machinery In itself.
but the muscles that have to do
with its movements must have
special care. This is especially true
in nervous individuals. where much
that has to do with the eyes is
easily attributed to other nervous
affections which extend their in
fiuence to the optical field and
machinery.
have patients who suffer fire.
quently from flashes and rings OF
colored lights, which not only dis
turb them greatly but really inter-
fere with their field OF vision. 1t
Is usually hard TO get these people
to understand that such distortion
of light direction Is due to the con-
gestion of the nerves Of sensation
In the retina.
If they will stop whatever they
are doing and rest the whole sys-
tenn, maybe only few minutes.
the congestion will subside and the
annoyance will pass.
Hot or cold packs will aid in re-
ducing the congestion. But that
takes time, and they think they
will 60 to the doctor and get some
quoting drops to put in the eye.
or to q specialist and have glasses
fitted to relieve them But no drops
and no spectacles will avoid the at
tacks Of disturbed vision unless the
mechanism of the eye is corrected.
That is not done by eye drops or
glasses.
Not Only an Eye Doctor
The eye specialist who is thor
oughly trained now has to know
completely many things that once
were not thought to be exactly in
his field. He studies embryology,
anatomy, pathology, bacteriology
and psychology. He must under
stand the patients metabolism
rate. For this purpose there has
been devised q most fascinating
machine which reveals by means
of a slide rule an instantaneous
reading Of your metabolism. The
patients nervous balance has so
much to do with the rate OF metab-
olism that the latest type OF such
machinery has been constructed
without including anything that
the patient need either see or hear.
The public health departments
are now able to secure for use in
the schools educational films and
photo monographs OF the eye
structure. They are OF greatest
value In presenting talks of eye
health before the school students.
These same films are often Of great
aid to the oculist himself when he
fnds cases that need clarifying in
his own mind.
stin see whole cases OF cheap
glasses In the dime and quarter
stores. but ] do not believe that
people who have any specific trou-
BILE will 60 there for their relief.
The improvement in eye surgery Is
amazing. but none too good 10. the
intricate structure of the organ A
eadget that brought me much sat-
isfaction was one that would really
nx the eyeball firmly. so that an
abscess or cyst could be opened or
other minor surgery performed.
There are mighty few patients who
are able TO hold still even II the
eyeball Is anesthetized.