Our eyes, and how to take care of them / by Henry W. Williams.

  • Williams, Henry W. (Henry Willard), 1821-1895.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Our eyes, and how to take care of them / by Henry W. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    fact of its being frequently inherited once understood, parents should watch for any early manifestations of its presence in their children, and take measures to prevent its progressive increase. Teachers should impose upon myopic eyes as little as possible of studies requiring close application, even though, at the time, the child makes no com- plaint. It is questionable if our system of education, augmenting as it does the fre- quency and degree of near-sightedness, is an advance in civilization. It would be better to go back at once to the oral teach- ings of the schools of Athens than to go on creating our favorite type of educated men and women at the expense of their own and their children's eyesight. No medical skill can bring back these del- icate tissues, once distended, to their former healthy condition; or even, in some cases, prevent the steady onward march of the dis- ease. But prevention is, in a* measure, within our power. Myopic eyes should not be used