The Eyesight of Children

Southland Times, Issue 11362, 21 January 1890, Page 3

The Eyesight of Children

The Journal of tbe Franklin Institute lately published an article by Dr Webster Fox wiib reference to some not generally known facts concerning tbe eyesight of chi - dren. He contends that a cbild's eye is far more senMti^e to light than the eye of an adult, atd that great mischief accrues from ignorance of thi-< circumstance, a mother or nurse often leaving an infsnt exposed to the glare of the most intense sunlight. This practice may possibly injure the sight permanently, and v*rv probably lava the foundation of absolute blmdneas. Dr Fox also tells us that the eyes should not be used for purposes of study until a child i» between Eeven and nin« years o'd, and that reading by artificial lk'ht should in no case be allowed until the child has passed bis tenth year. We are glad to call attention to theie sensible remarks at a time when the overtexing of childr n's intellects is a csze which is doing much harm, and whr-n children who wear spectacles are almost as of tea seen as those without thrm,