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Show Veils and Eyesight. Dr. Nagcl, an eminent German oculist, ocu-list, has again been Investigating tho effects of wearing veils, and has ex-p ex-p mined tho cases of olghty-clght women wo-men whoso eyesight has been Injured by this practice. He finds that tho bIzo of tho mesh, tho distance of tho veil from tho eyes, and tho color of tho veil aro tho determining determin-ing differences, and that 75 per cent of tho women who habitually wear veils, by neglecting to toko account of these matters, Impair their sight, this result being brought about by tho average defectlvo veil in a period of four years. |