THE EYE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4472, 17 July 1893, Page 3

THE EYE.

The eduction of people in the present day is responsible for a great deal, and the numerous "eye troubles" is one of the most pronounced, for to this is traceable the causo of so many people at all a»eg who have to wear spectacles constantly, A common notion amongst those whose eyes never gavo them inconvenience is that their friends wear the glasses for affectation. But thoso who have lo wear spectacles know the relief, the comfort, and tho freedom from headaches, that glasses bless tho wearer with, That the oye is a very imperfect optical instrument is a wellknown scientific fact, and also that the perfect sight is very rarely wot with; but there are a great many with a very slight defect, which is magnified into a serious trouble by a largo amount •of close application at reading, type Jflfc, writing, and a fine workofany tlescripjj* lion at clo3e range. Nearly all pecn» iiaritics of sight can be corrected, howover, by glasses, but it is the enormous \ariety of these that makes it so difficult for a person to procure tho suitable lens, The tight wants to be very accurately guageil, and there ;is nearly always a difference in the )eyes, and very often the lenses have :to bo specially mado for each individual, For it must always he borne in mind that a pair of spectacles that actually lit one person would aim ost blind another.