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Show YOUR HEALTH J BY OR. R. H. OrSHOP. j SIGNS OF BYE TRf)l ltfiF Out of tho .100,00 0 blind dependents In thin country, over one-.slxth ar blind on account of the germ that gctm Into balle' eyes at birth ttlfOUffh lark of proper precaution Whan the eyes arc wasled immediately immedi-ately after blrtli by tho phybiclan and nurse, and a drop of nllvor nitrate put in ,the danger of eye Infection nnd blindness 1 ollminated. The majority of tho 260.000 peo-.'ple peo-.'ple In thlu country blind from Qther causes would now have good elifht If they h:id taken ordinary common sense precautionH 9;rlous defoetn In vision, for Instance, may start from apparently simple inflammation1! of the cyelid3 or tho watery embinn. a ff tho eyes Bloodshot eyes, inflamed oyellds and styos are frequently found associated with eyestrain and even caused by It. Reading and studying should be j done under proper lighting:, not bright enough to strain the eyes, nor yet tou dim. The light .ihould come from above and behind, preferably over the left shoulder, bo as to facilitate writing. writ-ing. Wiping one's faoi on a common roller rol-ler towel la the source of many dangerous dan-gerous eye diseases thur are catching Inflammation is generally a fhst symptom of eye trouble and ihould have the (mediate attention ol n 1 on -' petont occullst. Among tho common forms of oyo defects that usually cm tie remedied by glasses are far- ilghtpdJJaeaS, nearsightedness near-sightedness and aatlgmal |