MEDICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 7 (Supplement)

MEDICAL NOTES.

■ WWm»jfwmEßß AND ITS CUBE. g||||JwansKXßS is a state of the nervous }, IflffiNl* A» there "an abnormally or SlpßutatalDj quick, sodden reaction or ex«|4W(ils*nl to ; ' any !■ unusual external stimu■llptfc *■ * noise, » fright, a sight of any--1 ~ -shjng anfM * nt ' or hearing of anything ■ l; WgrettiLls .or painful. In. these cases may be called! a state .of ■ IMstsble equilibrium of the nervous system. - .*J;;3«* unstable equilibrium may have several m i****; 'It may arise from a weakened ■ aMMHjtoft of the body, a condition caused Kf pbm'M, sleeplessness, privation, overI anxiety or'defective nutrition; |l .arise even in well-nourished per- ''**• *bo;se brains have not -been trained ■>•■:•■ "jf _<»psritenoe to endure such things. We a f|||fSfe'?fii a»en those in good health, and * &mLt. easily excited and nervous over _ JmJß'fet -of going through some new l>if,JßJgpet., Persons whose nervous systems •tta a slate of stable equilibrium are not -tS state of stable equilibrium off over trifles or thrown off | , * mjmicc. The remedy for these forms *. MTToameM is, first, to restore the fe^flft** l / ,*»d, second, to discipline oneself •/,'Hs&fo™»-g. Nearly all can do it, at <*§? ,in^er ordinary circumstances, if they ■ S^Wk 110 ' very, creditable to people KW weak or undisciplined nerves Mmm '*»* wwuters all through life. , •; ' « -J ml\ ■ * ' CATARACT. - • ;, '' iT - aP^isß^Sj'■''•'■" 'i . .'• i' 4JP* order to see a cataract in his own *RKJ* correspondent describes a simple sH Sillßlßl?^(which enables a patient to note ' t^Pß'^^"" development probably better • '•fjjjPjE .any- oculist can observe it .for him. '* -- MB;. tMI ' of cataract is the gradual dis > > '^feaßr 00 of oxalate of lime in the substance <-. IBPW 9 «y»taJline lens. It occurs at first R sawlj spate or streaks, fiometimes in 'I i fffS»lff' «4B' sometimes in another, grad- " 3Bf " increasing until it penetrates the |> al^Sg ß the leos, causing blindness. The 41 jj***dy -" to remove the lens, and after § •j* , TP DOTa * the patient needs a substitute \ - ; lir4««* m & highly magnifying spec.^J**** 8 -', The method advocated to ' enable WSmSS 10 ? to follow the progress of the >i "" "*° use a piece of card— visit's! s'**"* will do—and a needle. Pierce a *» '*'*%&£*' rwuM * hole near the middle of the fSPh *"d hold the card up to the light, .\ ■ JliißJP.fo the eye, looking preferably in W • ' J?'"^ of a piece of blue sky. With M . 2Jj,* n * near to l " e e 7 6 th(! observer will "1 Befßrm** 6 - the small hole pierced by the 1 hot a comparatively large, faintly J affl o****0 **** eld ' with hi " s cataract proJ &ojs?sL*JP® it. He is, in fact, regarding '*M SlNiSS^r^ o *' cast by his cataract on the MgK*' *t the back of the eye. With a - 8 WJtPnocture in the card the shadow so ' m -T^]^ , ?-r»paratively sharp. But with %' " fr ; fflfei r^ 6 an even illuminated field M; 1 ISS?* < "* c will be seen. The correspon- ."■ I 'OT^WM. that ere is in this way no JiJwiMntv »» mapping - out tine disposition ■tter and- so arriving at an J 2SB^*f -to' whether it is advisable to |» ; ' STjJ*.operation or not. As an evidence ™ his own prescription; he rings at intervals during the ars of a'; cataract":which ':> is SBpippoping in one of : his eyes. He that- no oculist he has- met i^^^^Efcf^* 4^a * int * d with th method, and naequently, be some advant*