DEAR SIGHT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 83, 18 January 1928, Page 6

DEAR SIGHT.

EXERCISE BESTCURE. For some years certain oculists have put forward the theory that various eye troubles, including and far-sightedness, are best treated by ! exercise. A new angle is given to this ' by an- Austrian physician, Count Wiser, •who treats near-sightedness by forcing ' the eye to exercise itself by the use ot I far-sighted glasses, which at first naturally make it harder than ever for the 'patient to see anything. According to the Illustrierte Zeitung (Leipzig), Count Wiser holds that shortness of i eight is not always either acquired .or* duo to heredity shortness of focus. He believes that it is often due instead to a soit of "accommodation-cramp a faulty adaptation of the eye to the object to be observed. He is said to obtain remarkable results by his methods, which are thus described.:— 'The simplest comparison is with a broken arm stiff from dis-use. By repeated gymnastic exercises the original elasticity is restored . . . The power of adjustment in the near-sighted eye is restored by putting convex lenses on the patient. This causes the lens to oe relaxed in the effort to see." The patient must wear these convex glasses for definite periods in order to o-ive the eye regular exercise; It is stated that ini many cases normal vision is fully restored, while in others the sight is improved so that\a; less concava glass can be used for ordinary wear.