| Show SORE EYES CAUSED BY FACE POWDER I Face powder ponder has its dangers the same ame as pm gun powder For several years fears occasional ocra cases have baTe come under the observation of n which the tho pa pa- invariably women com pI ann of bf vision ision bein being blurred inability to use the he eyes for any length of lima imo and severe ere itching o or ot tho the lids ids The slightest slight Blight est st of the tho lids produces a marked marke redness of the eyes eves and only onh- a aggravates gra the tho itching In severe cases the lids lii are arc frequently swollen from constant rubbing There is a sticky clastic elastic secretion which when being removed re re- removed moved mo pulls out in long lone strings s. s Microscopic Mi Mt examination o of the tha secretion reveals masses of what appear to be crystals Until recently no satisfactory explanation of the presence of these crystals crystale in the eye has been given cn Secretion Secretion Se So- taken from the tho oyes eyes of two sisters sisters sisters sis sis- suffering from this this' peculiar complaint complaint com com- plaint wore submitted to the professor of pathology of one of tho the university medical schools who found that the cry crystals came horn from irom rice rico face powder Se Seven Sen n other patients in which too the name symptoms and microscopic conditions were found all used the tho same ame make malc of face powder When the tho powder is applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied to the fact with r a puff a port ou of the fino fine dust is dm driven en upward and lodges on the tho moist eyeball The rice powder poder in the tho presence of or the tears then hen becomes mucilaginous in iu charac character ter and is not washed from un under er the eyelids The powder produces the irritation irritation irritation tation which is JS aggravated by br rubbing Those Those- who use a chamois skin in applying apply apply- in ing the tho powder arc less liable to cause the fine dust to ari arise which probably accounts for the condition not being found in every ery woman using face pow pow- der The condition is Qui quickly kl relieved by bi flushing the eye oyo O O with boric bone acid sol so so- l lution tion The irritation rapidly pears when the eyes are arc 1 Kept ept washed out with a soothing eye wash r |
