SCHOOL CHILDREN'S EYES.
It has been clearly proved that scarcely one eye in fifty is exactly perfect in its development. These various defects ot vision are not so noticeable in the child at play, but when he first enters school, and the endless details of our modern educational system begin to absorb his little mind, and he is required to sit bent over his work all day in school, and late at night, using his eyes constantly in the details of reading, writing and drawing, then even slight defects in vision begin to have their influence on the development of both mind and body.
Now, watch the child whose eyes are too flat, too small, and deep-seated in the sockets; how he will frown as he struggles to focus them upon his work. All day long he must do this, for the moment he relaxes his efforts the words are lost in the fog, and he cannot see them. This constant struggle tires him—his head aches, he hates books, he bates school, he hates the stupid teacher, who does not know what is the matter with him, and scolds him because he cannot learn his lessons.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 272, 14 November 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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