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Show Firs: ateract victim - an be cured er j.!ataract, the greatest single :se of blindness can be "cf .ed, it was desclosed today ber c' the Utah Society for the ms, vention of Blindness, which has available a free bro-e bro-e re on the eye disease. ' .he brochure, 'Cataract . . . tlle".dows That Need Not Be," its out that cataracts can " ""ir in any person at any age a v are sometimes found in a my's eyes at birth. Some cat-' cat-' its are found in persons 'er n have worked with or have nerly t exposed to great heat. ? m y have also been found in n. ions exposed to excessive 5 'ation or who have suffered r c-ow or injury to the eye. votttibst cataracts develop in the peW-i of older people, however, le Dhe "senile cataracts" ac-e ac-e i L;it for 17.2 per cent of all louuMness among persons 20 s of age or over in the ed States, it was pointed down ' by Mrs. Raoul C. Evans ed tl( ffns and symptoms of cat-x&s&ls cat-x&s&ls and their care and m vei!anent are described in the. hure. "Although cataract 3iC'e major cause of blindness 1 adults," Mrs. Evans j "it also holds the great J use for the restoration of Wjjh11 for its victims." VWiee copies of the new bro- 4x may be obtained by writ- 6 Utah Society for the jPjSmtioa of Blindness, 2549 $Aington Avenue, Salt Lake |