Show PUT THE LIGHT ABOVE A GOOD deal of discussion has baa been had about thel effects on the eyes of the electric light some contend that it is much more injurious than gas gaslight others maintain to the contrary but it appears that direct exposure to the glare of the electric lamps is very hurtful and therefore they should always be suspended above the user and not in inta the line of vision the effects upon school children where that light is used his has been quite mite disastrous professor H john cohn says that the are arc lights even when surrounded by an opaque glass globe which reduces the th light elight by thirty pr gr more per cent ce are hurtful to the e eyes anen the latter are exposed for a long time to the effects he suggests that the lamp should always be be placed at such an elevation that the eye is not bound to look directly into it this suggestion is worth remembering for the ten tendency denOy in modern times is towards weakness of vision in consequence e bof of the spread of printed prin ted lu in te tellie ence reading being indulged in to excess and we rising generation being predisposed to tenderness and sensitive sensitiveness sess of the optic nerve |