"Quite a number of people just now are enthusing about the benefits of eye exercises in place of eyeglasses. 'Undoubtedly for the young such a cure should certainly be tried before artificial -aids are adopted. For the middle-aged and the truly aged it is a little difficult to discard ho' eyeglasses which they have trusted in for so many years, but nevertheless they can certainly Benefit by doing the. exercises. People who do not play active games and just use their eyes in one way, mostly looking straight in front, are certainly not using the full powers of the eyes, and anything which is not in use ig bound to deteriorate. he dest exercise possibly is one in hich both the eyes are screwed up Hightly whilst the lungs are filled with breath, releasing the eyes and
then blinking the eyes several ak the some moment, sud-times. This brings the blood coursing about the eyes. Another is to ook up, down, to one side, to the other side, as far ds possible in each direction, changing about as quickly as possible, and then reversing the order. In addition to this the eyes must be bathed with cold water frequently. These arg, of course, only general exercises to keep the eyes in good working order; for any definite defect special exercises of various sorts are preseribed, also for facial deformities caused by defective eyes.
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