| Show DAILY DAIL HEALTH HINTSI HINTS HINTS- 4 I DONT DON'T TRUST YOUR EYES I II I TO QUACK DOCTORS I y By DR GEORGE FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hygeia Hy- Hy geia the Health Magazine During the last few years a aalf half alf dozen quacks of assorted varieties va- va have sought public interest wah the scare-head scare on their advertising advertising ad- ad matter Throw a away way your glasses glas lasses es LI Like e quacks of ot all varieties they hey relied on the power of ot suggestion suggestion sug- sug estion knowing that the person who throws away his glasses will make a special effort to see without wIthout with- with out ut them and will believe for a awhile awhile awhile while that he actually sees better unless of or course he suffers with such uch severe grades of ot nearsightedness nearsighted nearsighted- ness ess or astigmatism that he is unable unable un- un able Jle to see at all without his glas lasses glasses es RESULT OF POPULARITY The director of or the N National Society Society So- So ety for the tho Prevention of Blind Blind- ness fleas ess has pointed out recently that wll when n glasses first came Into popularity popularity larity and when eyestrain was a popular topic of conversation glasses were frequently prescribed when wh hen n they were not necessary In many instances the people le came ame for glasses and would feel that hat th they y had not been satisfactorily treated unless a a. prescription was vaa given to them in other cases manufacturers were l promoting glasses lasses too strongly It Is perhaps as a result of or the r reaction against that the fakers of today have been able to get a considerable following following following follow follow- ing of persons to throw throwaway away glasses and thus to harm hann themselves them them- selves The three chief reasons for wearing glasses are To protect the eyes to see well and to see without without with with- out fatigue Nowadays in all in industries in which the eyes are likely to be subjected to danger from chips the workers wear special special special cial goggles to prevent injury to the eyes In the case of ot difficulties of or visIon vision vision vis vis- ion eyeglasses act exactly in the same way as a crutch acts to old Did aida olda a weakened limb They lend support support support sup sup- port sometimes sufficient to permit permit permit per per- mit the eye to recover to a considerable considerable considerable con con- extent from Its weakness weak weak- ness On the other hand there ther are many cases in which the structure of ot the eye is wrong and in which eyeglasses ses can never be bo dispensed with satisfactorily Beyond all this there are many diseases and forms of intoxication from frenn food and bacteria which af affect affect affect af- af tho the eye particularly In such cases a a. correction of ot the tho dise disease se or a removal of ot the dangerous substance from the diet will permit permit per per- r- r mit the eye to overcome its de de- de The chief reason for consulting a physician at least in the very cry beginning In relationship to a I disturbance of the eye is the fact that he will be concerned with the human body as a a. whole and with its diseases as a whole rather than with the eyes primarily On the other othel hand the man who is 13 primarily In the business of ot selling glasses is likely to concern himself himself him him- self only with eye ye and with prescribing pre pre- scribing glasses if there Is tho the slightest excuse for such a pr pre pre- Proper glasses can relieve eyestrain eye dye e estrain strain on the other hand improper improper improper im im- proper glas glasses s may make mako the condition con con- n much more severe flit director of or the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness gives definite advice as to the se selection selection selection se- se lection of a a. competent authority on the eyes If It h he keeps a a. store or has a a. sign with specialist in letters a afoot afoot afoot foot high or If it his office looks like a a. high-class high barber shop with many machines and few books bools you yu youcan y yo u can be almost certain that he is no not the man you want for yourself o or for your o r children |
