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Show "iNCURABLE DEFECT IN BR A.! C.'IcElmdnfi Cnnct Da Over-Co". Over-Co". Thoujh Word Bllndnea May Da Alleviated. Xwo defects lu regard to sight werd Kindness and ivlor-bllndnes . jre described, by an Kuglish writer. il points out that they uro not defects de-fects el the eves at nil. but uro really rental defects, una. curiously enough. lN found very often In clever men, the discoverer of tl'.e defect lhilton. the great scientist bc.ug himself ivlor-Kiiul. Color-blimh-.ess occurs In about three to (our per cent of males uc.d In A smaller number of females. It is frequently hcrvd.tury, tut. strangely eneu.kh. though the males suffer from tie defect, the females carry It on. Color-M. mines; Is a refect In the rejisferir.g apparatus In the bruin and U Incurable. It Is of Importune to rvVi- ;,f defect early, and to turn the attention of the su:?crcr to work In which this defect vmII i'."t bo a handicap. han-dicap. Such children should lcuni ezly that there Is to work for them co the railway. Y"ord hlim'ness Is a much more serious se-rious defect, and may he the cause of the difficulty some children t'.nj la learair-i to read. They so-e correctly. Tested with figures or pictures, they cay pass the standard, hut th letters let-ters cf the alphabet, when strati," together to-gether to form words, convey no meau-lj meau-lj to them. The effect Is due to a wint of association of the brala centers. cen-ters. The defect is uu.illy mistaken a: Erst to lm.l.cate defective ryc.-ight. tu: this Is not so, 1c is noteworthy that these same children may shovr cr-siierahle ease la reading figures, even utotiey sums. To teach these children to read, words must r.ot te-taiea te-taiea letter by letter, hut as a whole, tie word "cat" must ho t..k, a not as "c-a-t." eitiils cat. tut the whole tiiig must te the sign for cut. The Ltethod Is kr.owu as the "i"vk arid say" plin, and hy Its aid it Is possible to leach the child to read. |