Coalville Times | 1903-09-25 | Page 6 | Trachoma Chronic in Japan

Trachoms Chronic In Japan. I f A cabinet ori'.ccr of the Mikado r , jenlly referred to tho fact that thera aro fcSO.'HiO trachoma patients In Ja-an, Ja-an, and thai In Tohoku district It Is impossible to obtain the requisite number of recruits for tho army If '. somo sufferers from this dlsesse ar f not admitted, adding: "The Japsnes army will physically collapse If things are to go on In this manner." Trachoma Tra-choma Is a chronic Inflammation of the eyedita which contracta them Inward In-ward until the lashes scratch the pupil, pu-pil, cau3lr.1t In many cases, blindness.