The Care of the Eyes and Ears (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Care of the Eyes and Ears The object of this article, prepared at the request of the State Board of Health, is to assist, as far as may be, in preserving in a condition of health and usefulness the most important of the senses. Eyesight stands easily first in the estimation of all, and Hearing is only second to it. Blindness being one of the most frequent causes of pauperism, it becomes still more the duty of the guardians of the public health to present to the people such information as may help to prevent its occurrence than a regard simply for the happiness and prosperity of the individual would require. But there are so many instances of damage to, and loss of, one or the other of these precious senses when they might have been saved by the knowledge of a few simple facts, that there is no need to mention the relief of the community of a pecuniary burden to show the necessity for such a publication. This, then, being intended for those not at all versed in medicine, must be as free as possible from the technicalities in which the professional man is accustomed to think, and at the same time as brief as possible in order to come, together with other necessary publications, within the resources of the Board for printing. The difficulties of the task are greatly increased by these conditions, but it shall be my endeavor to be as plain and simple as possible, and at the same time as concise as a regard for clearness will permit. I trust the kind reader will bear these facts in mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.