Show Removing Objects From Eye Safely TIlE THE commonest object that gets into the eye is a tiny cinder or ora ora ora a speck of dust As soon as the cinder or speck ol ot dust gets into the eye the eye begins begins be be- gins to water which is natures nature's way of washing the object down to lower part of eye or into the corner Just allowing yourself to cry for a minute will often bring the object toa to toa toa a point where it can be readily seen and removed by the corner of a clean handkerchief or a piece of ol tightly rolled gauze If object is in lower part of eye on eyeball or lower lid it can be readily seen and removed If the patient patient pa pat tient is told to look upward as you pull the lower lid downward By having patient look downward as you lift upper lid any object on the eyeball can be seen if the light lights is Js s good If no object can be seen and the patient tells you that he feels as if something is scratching the upper part of his eyeball the object is on the inner side of the upper lid The Benefit of Tears The upper lid has hard tissue- tissue cartilage cartilage on on its edge This makes it a little tittle difficult to turn the lid to expose the object However If you stand behind the patient as he looks upward and hold the point of ofa a pencil on the upper part of the lid the object can ean be turned back ward If the object is on the inner side of the lid it can be removed remo with the pointed piece of gauze The thought then is that when hen an object gets into the eye the tears should be allowed to flow for about a minute which may be al all allI I that is necessary to get rid of it If U this does not remove it to the I inner side of lower lid then search and removal must be made as lIS suggested sug lug above Dont Don't use anything harder Char soft gauze i s e I QUESTION i flax COX Q What What would cause me to have ha repeated colds in the head A. A A. Repeated Repeated colds may be due to dust or pollen Irritating the lining of the nose nolte or to some low or slow ow I Infection In the sinuses Q I I have a large hernia and weigh pounds Would the injection tion treatment be suitable in my case A. A You t.-You You had better ask your our clan cian A large larre hernia berna and much fat fatI fatIs I Is I. not DO likely to be suitable for the Injection method |