Show care of 0 the eyes crann crawford ford the celebrated sculptor had an inveterate habit of reading in in a reclining position one eye had bad to be taken out in in consequence of a cancerous tumor forming behind it and his life has paid the forfeit after years of suffering and the expenditure of a large amount of money prescott the historian in consequence of a disorder of a nerve by which the eyes were rendered useless for all writing purposes could riot not use a pen as he was vas unable to see when it failed to make a marl mark for want of ink nor could he distinguish the lines or edges of his paper yet with these disadvantages he wrote all his fistori cals using an agate on carbonated paper being guided as to the lines or edges by brass wires drawn through a wooden frame but with all these hindrances he be has made himself one of the most readable of modern historians and earned a fortune beside to avoid these and similar calamities we urge upon the be young especially never to use the eyes by any artificial li liht light ht where nicety of is required nor to use them in any strained position or while ahil e rid ing in rail cars oy or carriages we urge upon upon parents in view view of the many incurable eye diseases to caution their children against reading by twilight that is noi not lefore before sunrise sunrise nor after sunset it would be greatly better not to allow thorn them to read or sew by any artificial light but if that is unavoidable let it te be imperative that they cease cee b by nine at night in summer and by by Y ten at farthest in in the winter it is a most inexcusable folly and will sooner or later bring its punishment to read or sew by gas or lamp or candle light and then sleep after daylight next r orning morning i as a habit to persons of all ages ages it is a most injurious practice halls journal of health |