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Show '- RELICS OF DARKER TIMES. Ignorance in Many Forms Still Works M ischief. All England has been Indignant at the crime and at the Insufficient punishment pun-ishment of a mother who punished her daughter brutaHy for a "bad habit." Almost every one can remember such An illustration of punishing children for being ill which occurred In his neighborhood or family during his childhood. The fact arouses the thought that the old-time punishments of the insane, of the aged, etc., are by so means past. To every oculist's office are frequently brought the pitiable piti-able victims of stupid school teachers who are still often punishing children for the astigmatism, myopia or hyperopia hyper-opia which has prevented them from seeing figures on the blackboard or from studying diligently, or from being is bright-miiuled as the teacher wishes. We know of one railway superintendent superintend-ent who punishes his men who are growing presbyopic by discharging them if they wear glasses. One wonders won-ders if the detestable superstition of the evil eye, and the horrible punishment punish-ment inflicted on its supposed possessor, posses-sor, has not arisen because of strabismus. strabis-mus. American Medicine. |