Show in ili ilia Se schools hoots dr whittier of brookline Drook line who ins has chinca cm inca the eyes of members of the upper classes in the high school of that town iown states that over 50 per cent of the pupils have somo some affection of the eye thirty tour four per cent of those examined v ero wit with lit 12 per cent with and G per cerit cent with various other eyo eye trouble lep of these 14 per cent v were ere astigmatic to some e extent says the doctor 1 I propose to amina the same pupils eyes one year from now to see ECO what changes bara taken place especially in ili tho the myopic eyes so iso far I 1 find that nearsightedness nearsighted nesi seems to increase in proportion ns as our school system becomes more complex and pupils aro are obliged to apply themselves more closely to their work A larger per cent of myopic eyes are found in city than in village or country schools boston herald |