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Show B 8 " " H &' BLINDNESS. B ,n tn's issuo we publish a paper BHV read by Dr. Stauffcr In Salt Lake City H regarding blindness. Ho declares that B' legislation should ho mado that would B ; properly safeguard tho eyes of tho BBT young .pointing out some of tho ways BJH ' In which theso children can contract BJHT diseases which aro very apt to result BJB ' in partial, It not total, deprivation of H their sight. Ills note of warning Is H; timely. What ho points out to bo tho H enso In European cities is very apt to B becomo tho caso In this country bo- BJBJ foro long. It Is well known that this BJBf country ns yet is very free from ninny BBb of the disastrous afflictions so common H among the many millions of peoples III tho thlclllv Vinmilntntl iliHtrleta nr H Europe. To guard against tho spread H of these malicious scourges In this BJH country, now that Immigration Is BJH bringing so many heirs to theso (lis- H eases to this land, becomes the Impor- B ; Ions duty of tho legislators. H Rut chiefly beforo tho legislators H can do much towaid bettering the H safety of tho public In regard to H theso tcrrlblo diseases that dupilvo HH ' ;no of tho different senses, tho pub- H He must bo educated to tho chances H whlcli they run In contracting them. H Most people are oblivious to tho con- H dltlons of tho body, that aro most fa- BH tal to their well bolng. Fow people, In H fnct, know that their bodies aro to bo H 'cared for oven. In tho darkest ignor- H once, they think tho body should run HHJ on without any nttuutlou .Add to this HH Indifference ns to tho physical naturo HH Of tlielr bodies, tho deplorable ignor- HH anco on their part as to tho diseases HHJ commonly about thorn, nnd n combln- BHV ijtlon Is seen which threatens tho BJBJB . health of the entire nation. Ignornnco Hf I 1 of tho body and of harmful diseases, K. "" then, constitutes ono of tho ohstruc- HHg tlons to publlo health that must nhso- HBJB lutely bo reduced. HBBV. Gonernl information on facts of dis- BJBJH cases and physiology and anatomy Is BJBJB moro Important to tho public than H mathematics. "A sound mind in n BBB 4BBBB BhbbIIIBBBMBBbk HHHHHH z sound body" is an aphorism. Qivc a sound mind n sound body and all other oth-er things will bo added unto It. Tho terrible nature of blindness Is not known by anyone who Is not blind. No more, wo aro sorry to think, do poo-know poo-know that blindness, potentially, lies In 'many of tho things which they touch from day to day. Towels, soap, Ijcnclls, sponges and handkerchiefs contain blindness under certain conditions. con-ditions. Especially aro th'cso things Hpt to carry about germs when In tho uso of children at school. Tho awful naturo of theso tcrrlblo diseases which are so easily carried about to everybody every-body must bo set forth to tho public, persistently driven homo to their un-derstnndlng un-derstnndlng by every known devlso in order to Insure public education to the perils Burroundlng mankind. May people tako up the task of teaching. hi i. .. |