DEAR SIGHT

Evening Star, Issue 19783, 6 February 1928, Page 2

DEAR SIGHT

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For some years certain oculists have put forward the theory that various eye troubles, including near-sightedness and far-sightedness, are best treated by exercise. A now angle is given to this by an Austrian physician, _Count Wiser, who treats near-sightedness by forcing the eye to exercise itself by the us© of far-sighted glasses, which at first naturally make it harder than ever for the patient to see anything. According to the ‘ Illustrierte Zeitung ’ (Leipzig) , Count Wiser holds that shortness of sight is not always either acquired or due to heredity shortness of focus. He believes that it is often due instead to a sort of “ accommodation cramp ■ a faulty adaptation of the eye to the object to be observed. He is said to obtain remarkable results by,: his methods, which are thus described “The simplest comparison is with-a broken arm stiff from dis-use.' By _ repeated gymnastic exercises :the original elasticity is restored. . • -The power of adjustment in the.nearsighted eye is restored-by putting convex lenses on the patient. This : causes the lens to be relaxed in the effort: to sec.P ; The patient .must wear these convex glasses for definite periods in order to give the eye regular exercise. It_ is stated that in many cases normal vision is fully restored, while in others the sight is improved; so that a less concave glass can :be used-for ordinary wear, „