HYGIENE OF THE EYES

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 6, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 18.

HYGIENE OF THE EYES.

THE preservation of the eyesight is a matter of the utmost importance to the individual as well as to society. We commend especially the following rules, by Dr. L. W. Fox, Professor of Ophthalmology, Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia:—

1. Avoid sudden changes from dark to brilliant light.

2. Avoid the use of stimulants and drugs which affect the nervous system.

3. Avoid reading when lying down, or when mentally and physically exhausted.

4. When the eyes feel tired, rest them by looking at objects at a long distance.

5. Pay special attention to the hygiene of the body, for that which tends to promote the general health acts beneficially upon the eye.

6. Up to forty years of age, bathe the eyes twice daily in cold water.

7. After fifty, bathe the eyes morning and evening with water so hot that you wonder how you stand it; follow this with cold water, that will make them glow with warmth.

8. Old persons should avoid reading much by artificial light, be guarded as to diet, and avoid sitting up late at night.

9. Do not depend on your own judgment in selecting spectacles.

10. Do not give up in despair when you are informed that a cataract is developing; remember that in these days of advancing surgery it can be removed with little danger to the vision. —Medical World.