Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-16 | Page 20 | Unsuspected Eye Strain Often is Cause of Poor Health

i I UI Unsuspected DAILY Eye HEALTH Str Strain SERVICE C Often t tI I Is Cause of Poor Health 6 I By DR MORRIS MORRIS' FISHBEIN Editor Journal of tho the American Medical Association- Association and ad of Hygeia Hy- Hy geia the Health Magazine Among the earliest symptoms of eyestrain are aro twitching of ot the eyelids eyelids eye eye- lids and f faCe ce and even movements like those of ot dance Eyestrain Js' Js usually strain ot of of the nerves involved front use of the eyes In a a. consideration of or the tho subject sub sub- Dr Edward Jackson p points out that eyestrain Is Isi i usually associated ted tedwil wil with some som t t ot of t the eyes eyes' that has not been Deen 1 properly Corrected d by suitable eyeglasses In some cases children l have nausea nausea nau nau- sea a and d. d vomiting from cye eyestrain train when riding on ele electric or s steam am trains and the condition Is Is' dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed with wilh the simple statement that the child has car sickness Al Almost Almost Almost Al- Al most most ever everyone one realizes that headaches head- head aches maybe be many instances ces I Ito to est ln I During school life the child may may mayuse mayuse use the e eyes es s 's so so much in study and andr der r of of bad illumination I that it develops develops' constant h headaches Nearsightedness ten tends s to to develop at lt this this' time because of undue and continuous continuous' exercise of at convergence of ot the eyes If It one reaches carly earl adult life I without conspicuous signs of at eyestrain eyestrain eye eye- strain the question as to whether I Ir or r not riot It will develop depends largely on an on the occupation Those who live chiefly outdoors' outdoors escape although if it the they ha havea a high degree of astigmatism they may develop this condition condi condi- tion Occupations such as catalogue work typewriting bookkeeping school teaching the tho ZinC fine mechanical trades and nd Journalism I similar indoor tasks require a great deil of t reading which lJ encourages s th the d development of at eyestrain W r person Cr on in such weh an occupation develops bad nutrition l loss ss of appetite anemia and headaches headaches headaches' head head- a aches aches' hes' hes an Inquiry should be made I into to the h he condition of oC the eyes as as a a. apart apart part of the complete examination tio Everyone knows that alter after theMO the ago MO ge a aget of t 40 40 the tho tissues es begin to change and to repair lh themselves more difficulty th than n previously previous Aft AIt r i this age ago the eyes should be examined d at fairly frequent intervals In order that they mn may not not f be strained unduly before proper prope glasses glasses glass- glass es es Cs rare are are prescribed Th The person who h has s been accustomed to doing without without without with with- out glasses all his life up to this time is lIkely to put off oft the use of ot glasses as long as possible