Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 6 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service lI B By DR MORRIS For a long t time me any attempt to lo c con n n. n rol cro eyes cross eyes In children was prevented prevented pre pre- vented because people thought that the he eyes cross-eyes were due to fright a shock hock an infectious disease or or some accident to the mother In a consideration of the subject Dr Luther C. C Peter points out that most children at birth are arc sighted farsighted Moreover the eyes of the child at birth n are not per perfectly coordinated or capable of working together After six or eight weeks the eyes begin egin to work harmoniously harmonious 1 and by the he end of or the first year in most children children children chil dren the two eyes travel together Each eye sees singly but the images images im im- im ages blend together In some forms of at squint or eye cross-eye scientifically called strabismus they appear to blend lend in two images The child therefore there there- fore ore visions the image with one one eye ce or the other choosing the one it is going to use Either eye ee may turn in n and to most people it seems that thai both eyes turn in In the most common types there Is some power to fuse images but farsIghtedness farsightedness farsightedness far far- sightedness in one eye Interferes with such fusion If It function is not strong the he weak eye tends to turn in but bul there here is a n double image It 1 is obvious that the correction of this his condition by the proper glasses gla ses is is' is isa a great help in lessening the effort of function and In aiding the development develop development ment of proper vision When a child squints or has cross cross- eyes the first step is to have the vision vision vi- vi sion lon tested by a competent specialist who will examine the eyes under the best est possible conditions namely conditions namely us- us inc ing ng proper drops in the eye to enable accurate measurement If glasses are arc necessary they will be prescribed and thus straining of the vision in inthe inthe the he weak eye ec will vill be prevented Dr Peter is convinced that children will tolerate glasses at the age of 15 months and in many instances the early use of oC these glasses is an exceedingly ex ex cx- important measure In some cases operation may be necessary to help muscles that have hove become weakened Proper placement of f the muscles tends to bring the eye back into parallelism and to permit proper functioning of the images There is no reason why anyone should feel hopeless about cross There are arc so many things that can canje be bedone je done b by those who are competent when parents and teachers are willIng willIng will will- Ing to cooperate that almost every child may look forward hopefully to improvement in this condition VELVETEEN SUITS NEW PARIS Oct 29 P Ve JP-Ve Velveteen W-Velveteen Velveteen suits I are arc new this season They come corne in plain or ribbed weaves and in both brIght and dark colors Most of them are arc designed with hipbone or hip hip- length jackets One of the smartest models is oi of mahogany brown velvet trimmed with bands of brown astrakhan It II Itis Itis is s worn with a brown astrakhan bonnet bonnet bon bon- net and mu muff Another suit of apple aple green ribbed velveteen has a plain jacket finished with a leather belt studded in varicolored vari van colored stones