. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . To Lose ones 5IGHT -is LiKe Losiscj LIFE rrseLF. SAVE YOUR BABYS SIGHT gfelCArfb TWAffmenr «trH^ALTK-> gducAtlon*L -Series <Ve-91 Fig. 55. office to inquire into blindness in the United States. He investigated about65,000 blind, making some interesting observations. Of this 65,000, 2,300were under 10 years of age. Some children under 10 years of age are blind by reason of accident, butthe very important cause of blindness in this group is what is known as oph-thalmia neonatorum. This term means infection of the eyes occurring duringbirth or within
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . To Lose ones 5IGHT -is LiKe Losiscj LIFE rrseLF. SAVE YOUR BABYS SIGHT gfelCArfb TWAffmenr «trH^ALTK-> gducAtlon*L -Series <Ve-91 Fig. 55. office to inquire into blindness in the United States. He investigated about65,000 blind, making some interesting observations. Of this 65,000, 2,300were under 10 years of age. Some children under 10 years of age are blind by reason of accident, butthe very important cause of blindness in this group is what is known as oph-thalmia neonatorum. This term means infection of the eyes occurring duringbirth or within the first few days thereafter. This form of blindness is preventable. The methods of prevention areknown. They have been tried. They work. PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS 113. Now the question is: Will the mothers see that the approved measuresare carried out ? The method was devised by Crede, and goes by his name. It consists indropping a drop of 2 per cent nitrate of silver solution into each eye of thenewly born child immediately after the face has been carefully washed. The cloths, grease, water, and soap used to cleanse the balance of thebabys body should not be used on his head. A separate lot of cloths andcleansing material should be used for the head. To cleanse the eyelids, absorbent cotton should be used. The pledgetused for one eye should not be used for the other. To wash the corners of theeyes and the margin of the lids, a little saturatedsolution of boracic acid should be employed. The pledget of cotton saturated with boracicacid solution used on one eye should be thrown awayat once, and not returned to the solution, lest aninfection of one eye be carried to the other. Next a drop of silver solution is put into eacheye, followed a moment after
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