Avoid Reading Facing a Strong Light
DON’T face a strong electric light when reading. This is carelessly done by many people, and is the cause of much trouble with the eyes. A wealthy friend of mine has a thirty-two candle power electric light in his study. Becoming deeply interested in a novel, he read for several hours with the light shining squarely into his eyes and upon the printed page. The next day his eyes were terribly inflamed and swollen. An oculist of high repute was called in and found both eyes in a most serious condition, complete blindness being threatened. After a course of several weeks’ treatment in a darkened room my friend’s eyes were partly restored to health, but will never again be as good as before.—Good House-keeping.