Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-03-22 | Page 11 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service By Dy DR MORRIS l FISHBEIN When you get a cinder in your eye be careful how you try getting it Jt out Here is probably the most annoying annoy annoy- ing lag minor emergency condition that thai thata thaia a person encounters encounter and wrong treatment may cause serious harm If U the foreign substance happens to be lying loose on the surface 01 of the eye or or on the inside surface of ot the eyelid it causes merely But when it actually is imbedded Imbedded imbed ded in the eye extreme care must be taken to avoid serious ties Ues Experience shows that more harm comes comes from the wrong kind of ot emergency emergency emer gency aid to persons who have had injuries to the eye ec than from any other common injury Frequently experts who take care of ot such inJuries injuries in in- injuries Juries find the surface of ot the eye marked with furrows furrow and scratches the result of at efforts of ot unqualified people to take something out of ot the eyle No one but an expert should attempt attempt at at- tempt to remove anything from the eye except a small cinder or piece of dust lying loosely on the surface In making such removal you might follow this simple routine Tell the patient to look down then gradually pull the upper lid downward down downward ward by the thc eyelashes and double It back over a match or toothpick covered with cotton or some similar device I If the foreign or Ign substance is easU easily visible it can be removed with witha a wisp of ot cotton or gauze or with the he corner of a clean handkerchief Never use a hard object in removing rca removing re rc- moving a foreign substance If It you detect an injury to the ey eye or you find a splinter of at glass a apiece apiece apiece piece of ot metal or some similar substance substance substance sub sub- stance imbedded in the eye ee the best bes possible thing to do is to moisten a piece of clean sterile gauze with warm water put it over the eye and get the person to a competent eye specialist as soon as possible Sometimes after a cinder or piece of dust has been taken out of ot the eye the eye still will wUl be painful because of ot scratches that have oc It is useless under such conditions conditions con con- to keep on turning the eyelids eye eye- yc- yc lids backward and keep on scratch scratch- scratchIng ln tag Ing the surfaces s. s If It the pain is not relieved promptly prompt prompt- ly iy after alter removal of a cinder or piece of ot dust you should get professional attention immediately Redness of the eye just outside the colored portion represents danger dan dan- ger Any rupture of the eyeball Itself it itself itsell it- it self sell is 15 an nn exceedingly serious condition condition condition con con- and should hould get immediate attention at at- There is b no machinery more dangerous dangerous dan dan- to monkey with than the human human hu man eye