The New Spirit . ches at perfect ease. Especially is this true with young children, since their eyes aremore easily injured, and excessive strain of the muscle may cause myopia. Attention should also be given to the character of the paper used. The papershould be as dull as possible in order to avoid the confusion effects of the glossy surface. Childrens eyes should be examined at least once a year by a competent oculistand all children who have defective eye sight should be tested at once. The teachersshould test the eyes of the students often, for children may not detect any defect intheir e
The New Spirit . ches at perfect ease. Especially is this true with young children, since their eyes aremore easily injured, and excessive strain of the muscle may cause myopia. Attention should also be given to the character of the paper used. The papershould be as dull as possible in order to avoid the confusion effects of the glossy surface. Childrens eyes should be examined at least once a year by a competent oculistand all children who have defective eye sight should be tested at once. The teachersshould test the eyes of the students often, for children may not detect any defect intheir eyes in time to prevent serious injury. This can be done by use of test cardswhich can be had for a few cents. There is nothing about children that should be more carefully guarded than theeye sight. There is nothing that will compensate them for the loss of their , teachers, and physician should all join in a crusade against needless eye strainamong the children at home and school. B. F. FERGUSON. li. DOVIE FOSTER Webster County hat g>ljnulii tn> Snnp Witt} %Eptbpttr ? PILEPSY is perhaps the most distressing in itsmanifestations and render its victim most de-pendent of all recognized deficiencies of thehuman body. It is a disease which appears in sudden at-tacks, causing convulsions which include the wholeor a large part of the body. Epileptics are dull ofmind, as a rule, and many are insane. A few areexceptionally bright between attacks. Much hasbeen said as to the causes of epilepsy, but the con-census of opinion of those who have made carefulstudy of this question is: thatheridity has somethingto do with it; that general bodily disturbances, suchas intoxication from alcohol, lead, morphine, andother narcotics together with general irritability dueto local conditions—eye-strain, toothache, intestinalparasites, and nasal growths are all conducive to the development of the epileptic fractured skull sometimes causes epilepsy, in which case, a surgica
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