| Show I fO DEn OF TiE ErE I CURIOUS T1IUOS BIT NATURE iMionxiuAiiiic CAMERA I would Hko t examine the in tenor of the uye said the oculist t Hut when lie perceived a nilglit IbrllJll en the Iart of Ute Iloner whocraumtnl fortliu time the rol of patient lie tmiliugly added Vou ntcu not alarmed It will i not hurt you I particle Ten picking up a little di < k ftiiapid mirror with a bole through the cenkr ho led the latlciit into a dark clowt and after lighting a bright gas jet told him to tit down on the chair Immediately beneath Next he himself tat down opposite m that the Lncu > ot the two touched noel heM the email round look log glass in front of his own Lye like an tytgLug with tile mirror title outward In cures manner that it n LId amy a-my ram the Jet straight into tile ltlcnls eye through the pupil He coulJ dirt the ray easily enough Inasmuch as he was Iooklnaloug It I through a antail hole that pier thccinttrof thedkk I you will hold a big Hat button mold up to yourtyc and look through I tt the eye of a pcrum Mated in front of you you Mill get the notion of the I way In which the oculht operated Suppose the button mold has quick 8IU i red glass on the surface lurnei toward the object and you will per lr ccire boW y it would bo to throw a ray reflected from a light above the other pcnauK head directly into that other perrons eye and to watch through the holu in the button but-ton mold WHATEVUl THAT SAY UKVKALED This wa what the oculit Wi doing with the mirror turk The ray It reflected entered tlie patients eye through the pupil and lijlitet up the interior very much as a darkroom dark-room I lighted up by I buliiije I lantern thlning through a doorway from outride Just as the lantern may 0 turned about this way ant that to illuminate various partner the darkened chamber beyond the doorway f the little looking gln > was manipulated between the fore nllh nl fluger and thumb of the pliyhtcian as lie held it before lib own eye in such mnnntr us t reveal to his view every portion of tlio inside of the ocular camera ohecun for such the ey < II lf vt r much like the camera of tliu photugraphcr in its construction and working and it has been found out quite recently cently that the bocalled ocular purple in the eye actually prxluces the pictures of objecta seen on the nertecreeii that lines the organ by a chemical process vary much like that employed by the photographer photo-grapher t bring out the lines of his negative Pi fcibly some day bj stud vine natures method the BUI print artist may learn bow to i lioto ijripli colors as the eye dec Who knows The patient was very much n IIeed whenat length he heard Uu occullst say that then was nothing serious the matter fI observe a slight Intlamitlon of the inner coat of the left ej e remarked re-marked the phjMctan 5158 well ai mildly hj ncrnlc condition of the lts butt which little troubles undoubtedly been occasioned by the giants you wear What 1 the Ito round mirror called with which you examined mjijes acd the jatlent while the oculist was engaged In fitting ghissete of various strengths into a hue note CiO for trial t fo Uiat little inatrumint l l ppoudixl the turgcon is due nearly all of tho progress made in ophthalmic t ophthal-mic fclercu bliice the days of the ancient Egyptians 5000 years ago And j etad J ou tee it Is nothing but a email round mirror with a hole through it I I called the ophlbal nocow ami 1 was invented by Heloiholtz in looi Bo few j ears ago as that very little was known ibout the eye beyond what the old Egyptian physicians were acquainted I acquaint-ed lln ll JloweMT as to the oph I I lialnKKcopp I was going to say tiiat taObrded the first mon ever tits coered for tludjing the interior of tlio living eye Front that point modiru ophthalmic elcuce really took Its rive and there is not much about the eye today that is not understood un-derstood AIlSIGHTEDNnixi AMOXU Tilt ANC lUab Were i0 > lu aflllcted with near Ightutlutts In ancient times Oil ye though prcbably not to lie same extent We lead write and study more thai tIle ancients did and for this reason neartight is i rnoru common with us for it is the excessive Ufruof the eyes at the near nlnt that projafr > tes the trouble In old times trouble with theej cs were renled Dlflctons tnt j he eD Dr which there was no cure Nero who fiddled while Rome was burn eg was 6 nearsighted that although 1 hough be had tic very best teat in Iho amphitheatre at thu gladiator how he cull not tee what was going on One day dIscovered that a certain concave emerald in his collection of jewels tIll Ills vision materially and from that lime always carried the emerald about with hiintnttdwhivn wanted tn Itt nntbln ata distance looked through It Ho regarded the stone as a talisman and supxi > ed that its propcrtcs were SOIJ Is I true thatexery person needs pectaclca at rome period of life Decidedly if the tnn I lives to b fortyfive years of age At that age or at any rate before tIny It I cached the crjttalhne Icur which It I of the consistency of jelly in hlUhood has gradually hardened to tile consistency of wax ro that lie muiclts which change the locus of the eye for various dittany by Iterlng the shape ot the lens find It dIRIcult to do their work lon wlllr perceive that afttr looking at lip otject across the Etreet to exam lute your finger attentively requires i distinct tlliirt of the eye You han to exert the cmtelea that con rol the shape of the lens In order to mike the focus right for the near point If the nJ lens has got lard through ndvanciug LSa a continuous effort of this rort as In reading l > eooimfl tire RIme and thus It Is that tin mId llt aged man or woman finds Ihe flrft udlcatlon of 1 hat is ignorantly enued failing sight iu the blur ring of the letters in the book or newspaper Jow the fact Ic of course that tho ocular organ Isjutt I f 4 s good as ever sa > e for the fact that i It needs a little help in the way of a glass leus to make the focus right brreaJIng and thus Ie the muscles I mus-cles work IIuiAmjion Star I II I |
