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Show ft - YOUR HEALTH OY OR B. H BISHOP 4 OA! K(T Most people have a mistaken Idea as to the nature of a cataract. They usually think this term describes the white scar or, film which mars the fr.mtor colored part of the eye after an accident or after ulceration But H cataract Is not such a disfigurement. dis-figurement. It Is disorder of the crystalline lens of the eye Tho crystalline lens Is back of the colored part of the eye and can be seen by one looking through the pupil of your eye. It is only a tiny little thing, about half an inch In diameter and Is normally nor-mally clear and lucid. The function of this little lens in tho interior of the eyeball is to focus the Images of the objects you look at. In edd age the lens loses its nor-j ma flexibility and sometimes much of Its transparency which results in I cataracts. It may be only slightly opaque at first but gradually figures grow dim and the cataract is "full grown." A cataract may be fully developed and not be at all noticeable to an-; other person. A cataract Is one of those diseases, however, that can be easily remedied' by a simple operation. The operation. 1 consisting of un incision on the side of the eyoball, requires considerablu Skill, but is short und painless. |