Cross-cxamined—Shs was sent cly the 0. I. C. to these doctors. Sie gave proper answers when they asked her. She also was told to Lazarus and there they refused to examine her eyes ani told her to go to-Dr. Belilios boeaus+ her eyes were weak. She had worn glasses before; they were made by Chinese optician.
Mr. C. P. Rakusen said that aft: leaving school he was apprenticed' to an uncle who was an optician in. the north of England, Than he went to America, where hehad three tuneless in the optometrical Dusinass. He entered into business /with them and also took a course in optometry and optics, in fitting and making, glasses. An optometrist was ditferlent from an optician. "Optometrist was not an American coined worl in the sense that it had ascribed to it—that it did not appl in England. In England now the:
An optometrist was more professional than an optician; he was a man used by all instruments and able to examine eyes in order to fit glasses, In America optometrists had to pass a State examination. the profession being regulated by law and statute the same ax those of medicine and dentistry. Witness passed this examination and was registered and given a licence t> practise, The same laws also were in operation in Canada and Austra-Via, bot not yet in England. ie practised in America for six years and then came to Shanghai, who: hho had been in the optical business for 34 years, He was proprietor of the 0. 1.
An Ocutist Described hig, headlinfos he stated "opticians," optometrists and oculists."" Me was not an oculist, Any medical practitioner could put out an oculist's sign, Sometimes they had special training, but thers was no special course for them refraction. They had oculists in connexion with the establishment, some having given their whole ti and some part time, They were called in for medical cases. Ha did not do any work in connexion with diseases of the eye, but confined himself to optometrical and optical work.
When plaintiff came to the 0. I. C, he did not seem to know what he wanted. Witness examined his eyes and prescribed reading, distance and bisfocal glasses, considering the latter necessary' as a duplicate in case either of the others should broken. Plaintiff had several pairs of glasses with him, but no pre scription. He said he had worn glasses for five or six years only. Ho measured piaintif's glasses with 'a new apparatus called a lensometer, which was the only one in Shanzha and which measured accurately.
He first examined the plaintiff ty see if there was any disease of the eye, in which case called in a medical man. eae there was no disease. used a retinoscone. With this one could examine the eye almost out asking any questions a proper prescription. Th to be used very freely in China as 59 many clients either were illiterate or spoke languages witness did not understand. Witness next used an opthalmeter, which measured astigmatism. After this wit questioned him <9 ax to check the results obtained on tae instruments, A Very Fair Preseri Witness produced his prescription and said he thougitt it was a very fair prescription without any great difference from the rate, 2 was a prescrip the time of his ness only prescribed to which sometimes had a differen refraction. The plaintiff had bec wearing glasses over-correct a for astigmatism, It had been thing wrong with the ens and as all the press the left eye were sitter considered that his was likely to be sight others. "In any case, if the p had returned and said thers had been a mistake it would correct the plaintiffs elf glasses and t subsequently agreed with In Miss Palma's case, said tues, all the prescriptions except two] a were very different. This was pac-greater than in the case of witnaay's and the other prescriptions for
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