Show n Kep e in g p 0 Sc n tr O 0 Science Service New Eye Bye Training Needed to Meet 1 Air jAir Travel Growth tore More Perfect Vision Must De Be Developed f I COLUMBUS With air travel becoming increasingly Increasingly tion atten-tion important more will need to be given to training the eyes Ayes of the on on- coming generations it spears appears ap sp- pears ears cars from remarks made by byI I Dr r. r C. C E. E Rice consultant to toI I the social security board at ot atthe the conference here of the National Society for lor the Pre Pre- of Blindness i A well developed ability to tee see with both eyes together It Is essential for tor normal perception of depth Tills Dr Or nice pointed out li Is vitally taU Important for pilots of aircraft i Squint li v one example of an extreme extreme ex ex- degree of lack of ability to fuse tuse the pictures picture In the two eyes or to make them tea sea together Sometimes this squint or crossing of the eyes ena la Is due to mechanical conditions conn con h can only be corrected by operation but In I some me cases case the ability to fuse tUle can be developed by bl proper proper- training Dr Rice said The cause caulo of the condition which may lead to blindness of one eye because It Is II not used at all Is IJ un known Dr nice Rice suggested that some of the Ule Infectious diseases acquired acquired acquired ac ac- early In life lIle may play a part partIn In causing the tho condition i Cause Came of or Myopia 1 Nol Not Known KnowlI Nearsightedness or myopia Is II another an other visual defect detect about which not much It II s known ai II to the cause ItIs It ItIs Is II probably due to detect defect In tho the development of the coats of the eye ball aD and ant may mal even have its iti origin In the up make of the germ cell ceil from which the baby developed devel aped Since the cause seems to start operating long lone before the child Is II born It It is wise Dr Rice flee thinks to encourage the prospective mother to partake of a wholesome diet did fortified with cod liver oil during dur duro tag ing the months month before the childs child's birth Other dangers that may mal threaten the baby's eyesight before he laborn isborn la is laborn born are various disease germs Most MOlt Important of these are the tho germs of syphilis tuberculosis and gonorrhea lonon Treatment of the mother before the tho baby's birth will safeguard sate safe guard cuard the child chUd from blindness duoto due duo to syphilitic Infection Guarding the Infant from danger dancer of infection either from Infected milk or from contact with patients will protect his hi sight from this particular hazard Not all ail cases of babies babies' sore Ore eyes dangerous because the condition ma may lead to blindness are due to gonorrheal Infection Dr Rice pointed point ed out Other disease germs may get into his bla eyes ere during the birth process Dropping sliver silver nitrate Into the new-born new baby's e eyes to protect him against this hazard huard Isnow Is Isnow now a worldwide world procedure |