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Show Glaucoma Clinic to Be Held in Milford A clinic for glaucoma, which will be under supervision of the Utah Division of the National Na-tional Society for the Prevention Preven-tion of Blindness, will be held in Milford May 18, at the LDS Church. The clinic is free, and hours will be from 7 to 9 p. m. Two percent of the people in Utah who are over 40 years old are known to have glaucoma. glau-coma. Twelve percent of all blindness is caused by glaucoma. glau-coma. Fred Whitney of the State Department and Miss Hayes of National spoke at a meeting Friday evening at St. Bridget's recreation hall and discussed the seriousness of this disease, which gets so far advanced before the victim is aware thoat he has been attacked. at-tacked. Friday, May 18, the free clinic will give Milford residents resi-dents over 40 years of age an opportunity to. detect any glaucoma which may be starting. |