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The care of the eyes is an important matter. Glasses should be worn when they serve to improve the sight, since straining impaired power results in even greater weakness. Fine print and reading by a dim light are harmful. The sight is often impaired by reading in moving cars, for the reason that the lens becomes wearied by striving to adapt inself to continuous variations of distance. Light should never be in front when reading or working, but should come over the left shoulder. Alcohol and tobacco tend to cause dimness of vision by weakening the optic nerve. .....World Scope Encyclopedia. |
DISEASES OF THE EYE ARE TO BE CURED WITH THE ELBOW. ......George Herbert This saying has many forms and occurs in several languages. Since the eye cannot be reached by the elbow, the idea is: leave your eyes alone; most remedies merely do further damage. And until the development of modern surgery and antisepsis this was probably true. Even today a large fraction of eye injuries result from home treatment of minor ailments. So..Never rub your eye but with your elbow. ......Thomas Fuller. |
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