Show PERILS OF THE EYE Looked at the Sun and Later Saw a Flock of Red Bed Birds A warning from a trustworthy source at oJ the danger In looking at a very brilliant bril Ilant light with unshielded ed eyes ens Is furnished fur tur- says ways Youths Youth's Companion by the 1 singular experience of ot a gentleman at isit Cornell university who Imprudently ob ob- ob- ob I served the eclipse e of ot the sun in to May May noo without using a shade glass Afterward looking across the landscape he saw a hock flock of ot eight or ten red birds flYing Jiving erratically about Upon examina tion ifon he found that the suns sun's rays had formed a Il shaped crescent-shaped Ima image e on tn the centre of the retina of ot the left eye the color of ot the tho Image being green with a narrow red border The effect Is still noticeable no no- and the use UC of tt the left eye for or scientific work has had to be abandoned |