Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-05 | Page 8 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

I Dr Fishbein's I Health Talks By fly 1 MORRIS 1 EIN About 80 per e cent nt of oC impressions impression come t to lI tit through our our eyes As M a result conservation of or the eye is Ls of ol utmost importance for lor ever every child It 13 it particularly J Important for or those children who happen to be handicapped handicapped han han- through loss of ot hearing b by crippling or by mental defect h These must substitute their eyes eye for other senses Thus the child who iho Is Js hard of hearing must learn to interpret inter inte- pr pret t movements of of- lips and facial muscles The crippled child being unable toI to I move has to use his eyes as a substitute substitute sub sub- for agile legs Other children run about the eyes of the crippled child must bring the world to him To break brek through the cloud which obstructs the intellect of oC the mental defective th the s same sanse roc of or vision is cx- cx important Since most children come fl first t. t to public attention in the classroom teachers in schools bear a I heavy y r re responsibility re- re for Cor detecting eye cye strain and visual defect The moment they observe any inflammation of the eyes of the child occurrence of ot frequent spasms of or the eyelids or twitching twitching twitch twitch- ing the facial muscles they should call it to the Ule attention of the school physician phy provided one is available In many cases children who seem to be unable to learn to read or write or who seem to lack in concentration fall all because of or sight a 0 Nowadays there is a standard of C eye cye hygiene This Involves good natural nat nata ural lighting adequately supplemented supplemented supplemented supple supple- I by artificial lighting on dark days It Involves desks which will not reflect the light from Crom a a shiny desk desktop desktop desktop top into the childs child's eyes and nd nd if it possible possible pos pos- possible sible n R flexible seating arrangement in classrooms so that no child will vill face tace the source of or light directly and so that no child will sit in its il own shadow Good lighting says sas a a specialist and a consciousness of at Its Il lack well printed books hooks eye rest periods all the many factors which go 0 to make up tip a program of eye CC health in the cI classroom classroom class class- room ore are of ot no avail if il they do not become a part o of the childs child's own life Copyright 1935 NEA Service Inc Cock of oC the Rock is so c called because be- be l be-l I cause of oC building its nest on rocks I