Preserve Your Eyes.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 9, Issue 58, 22 July 1898, Page 5 (Supplement)

Preserve Your Eyes.

A well-known oculist says : “ Don’t read wMle you are travelling, but if you will read let at be books or newspapers with the largest type you can got 'hold of. Reading in a railway carriage In motion is also linn eh easier and loss injurious df a .large card or an envelope be held just under each line you are reading, and moved down as each line is read. “ The use of tinted writing-paper is very beneficial to ifciie eyes, but the colours chosen should be gray, neutral 'tint, or bluish green ; reddish, brown, pink, yellow, or strongly yellowish green should be avoided. Those who suffer in any way from Impaired vision and have much writing to do should use the typewriter. The writer can lean back in a chair, and change from one position to another without ceasing work, and there is none of the cramping effects upon different sets of muscles inseparable from ordinary writing.” 'Looking for any . length of time through wire gauze blinds is Injurious to the sight. An oculist .tells of a police detective who came to him with ibis eyes in a shocking condition. He had neatly blinded himself by looking 'through suoli blinds for several weeks together. Ladies’ veals, too, when thick, frequently injure the sight, especially when of 'the dot pattern. The desirability of keeping the eyes cool Is urged. It is a good plan to bathe the eyes, closed, every morning with moderately cold water. This tends to strengthen and preserve the sight.