Show CARE OF THE f L Can Efficient IL to Effective Work served for the Full I Span of fet Lake ber American Medical I for the Utah Independent Vine persons out of ten will tell that sight is the sense which most unwillingly do Yet the organ of with its delicacy of great susceptibility to is no better cared the other organs of The right care of the eyes is a for professional of the facts essential to bright care of the eyes are so staple that everyone should he fainted with The aim this brief paper is to present use of these I shall avoid Sense of any technical terras that r confuse and of any that are not accepted as fets by the medical ace the eyes require certain lial attention during the periods of I shall group fese under the following The eyes in the pes in the eyes in the eyes in middle eyes in old in the days immediately precaution to prevent won as convenient infant's eyes should he For this purpose iff 18 than of boric B not be r n solution of boric acid purchased in any quantity or may be pre- 1 cst in the Put M 5 O all the fm may be as Or Pt 6 tends to prevent notwithstanding this an develops within three or four days after send for the attending without During the first few days after birth one of the most serious diseases sometimes makes its if it is neglected blindness often During infancy the eyes should not be subjected to bright sunlight or other bright This fact is so generally known that most baby carriages have parasols with dark linings to shade the baby's As a child grows and associates with care should be used to prevent infection from children who have The child should he not to use the handkerchief or the towel that others as by such means contagious diseases of the eyes are transmitted from one to The Eyes in If defects of vision are attended to in early they may readily be corrected if neglected they may become a lifelong source of inconvenience or After a child begins to attend observe if he looks at objects sideways or with partly closed lid or if he holds his book very close to- the or does not appear to see objects clearly at a Remember that the child cannot judge how clearly he should Also note if he is averse to study or appears to tire of a book very No greater injustice can be done to children than to accuse them of stupidity or of when the real cause of their slowness is some defect of vision or perhaps of How common eye defects are among school children is shown by the report in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal of August of an examination of eyes of school children at undertaken by W. Place by the authority of the school Place's figures are as Number wearing properly fitted wearing improper recommended not needing to wear Three far-sighted children had been fitted with near-sighted Place finds that young children with three or even four degrees of can sometimes read the usual amount at a hut cautions that these must be watched for inability to read their books for any length of time without having the vision blur or the eyes These children are liable to nervous It will be noted that out of the 37 children wearing glasses in this 16 were improperly One unfortunate who has to wear but one is more unfortunate who wears glasses that are for unsuitable intensify the defect which they are intended to From the records of the many hundreds of children whose eyes T myself have I find that while a large percentage are improperly a great many of those who come to the oculist wearing glasses do not need them any more than a person with two good legs needs a During school life the eyes are subjected to an unnatural and a child with perfectly normal vision may suffer from slight aches or pains in the eyes if the general health is impaired from any The eyes are a part of the body and cannot be treated as a separate and distinct The Eyes in Adult During the period of life from 20 to 40 years of age the eyes arc at their and if healthy need no special care other than to avoid overuse for near The habit of reading lying down should be as it puts an undue strain on the ocular muscles and causes a congestion of blood that may predispose to the production of a chronic A good light should always be used in as a dim light If after excessive causes eye uso the eyes bathing them with a solution of two parts of cold water to one part of witch hazel gives Or bathing them in a solution of two pints of cold water- to a teaspoonful of table salt is very Simple remedies should be preferred I have seen to patent eye in which glaucoma at least one case was brought on by the use of a very popular eye after moderate ache If your eyes need probably use you should have your At any rate you eyes examined by an The right advice at the right time may-preserve the efficiency of eyesight throughout The Eyes in Middle Modern civilization makes a requirement on the eyes that nature in the formative period of man failed to This requirement is not only good distant vision for reading and other close work at all The normal eye is focused for long and when middle age arrives the crystalline lens of the eye begins to lose its so that we cannot increase its convexity at to focus on near objects Therefore it is necessary to supplement the work of nature with and I think it reasonable to assume that the quicker we surrender to the inevitable in this respect the better shall we husband the natural strength of our The evil effects of overwork or strain on other parts of the body arel well strange to some people act with regard to their eyes as though they believed the eyes were not subject to the same laws that govern Other parts of our The Eyes in Old From my experience of many years I can say that old people who have understood the proper care of their eyes and have had their eyes examined by competent oculists when they have felt the need of such are rarely troubled with failing vision he-yond what might be expected with the decline into old The most common cause of ing or in old age is senile This consists simply of an opacity of the crystalline lens of the According to the highest the cause of cataract is uncorrected or improperly corrected eye The cure is an Eye Strain and That eyestrain is the most frequent cause of headache is very generally The situation of the pain is varied it may be between the over the across the top of the or in the back part of the Headache due to eyestrain if often associated with some disturbance of the such as loss of indigestion or nausea and vomiting during the If the attacks of headache follow i the prolonged use of the eyes reading or at the theatre or the i moving picture a safe inference is that the headache is due to some defect of vision that proper- y fitted glasses will I How complete a transformation correctly fitted glasses sometimes make is well illustrated a case from my own In a young lady i age consulted me in regard to a persistent aching pain in her j I learned by question- 1 ing her that she had been failing in health for many she had had no could not sleep at was very She thought perhaps catarrh was her 1 After a thorough examination of her nose and without i any condi- tion to account for the I. I suggested of testing her She demurred to saying she had been ing glasses for several had had her eyes retested a few weeks I how- that her eyes were probably causing her trouble she re consented to a thorough i As' a result changed the lenses in her which I found to be radically and told her to report to me in one I did not see her again for two when 1 met her on the street by She stopped me and apologized for not coming She said that she had no more need of a had not felt so well for had a splendid slept well and had a headache since I changed her More than a year has now passed and she is in perfect has gained about fifteen pounds and is cheerful and where formerly she was nervous and Accidents and Injuries to the Eyes The most common accident is caused by a foreign such as a cinder or a grain of blowing into the As such particles usually lodge under the upper lid their removal is a simple matter if undertaken To remove a cinder from the eye place the patient facing a good turn the upper lid over and brush the offending substance away with a clean soft To turn the upper lid grasp the central with the thumb arid index finger of the left hand and draw the lid downward and away from the Then with the right hand hold the end ol a match or pencil horizontally in the depression between the eye and the tip the lid over If you will remember that the upper lid contains a flat and if you will direct your efforts toward turning that will have no A common is a burn from quicklime splashed in the As lime is a powerful it may cause serious The treatment is immediately to neutralize the lime and wash it out of the eye with a weak solution of vinegar about a tea-spoonful to a glass of The lids should be held apart and the solution poured into the If vinegar is not at sweet oil or caster oil may be In case of injury by the acid should be immediately neutralized with a solution of lime if it be if the eye should be freely bathed in serious care of the eyes good common sense 1 As a part of this ney the like the of the need J if they are efficient work for the If they receive this we may feel mm they will serve m as the other faculties of the b to the hour of our speak no a kindly Can never leave a stingy to breathe we've heard Is far beneath a noble For oft a better seed is sow By choosing thus a kinder S For if but little good n Let's speak of all the i It was the mother's it is eleven that young door from the |