THE BOY WITH THE REVERSED VISION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 139, 31 January 1916, Page 4

THE BOY WITH THE REVERSED VISION.

It would be difficult for one to take a more incorrect view of life, optically speaking, than that taken by Joseph Darling, a little boy who lives in Detroit, Mich., for he sees everything upside down. His case has proved a most puzzling one to physicians. Everything he writes, draws or copies is upside down, and pictures must be shown reversed before him -before lie can tell what they arc meant to represent. His peculiar vision is even more remarkable by reason of the fact that although near-by objects must be reversed in order to be intelligently

perceived by him, his vision of distant objects is perfectly normal. If objects appeared inverted to him at all distances his peculiar defect might bp explained as being due to some abnormality in the eyes or the optic nerves, but as It is, no rational explanation seems to be forthcoming. Perhaps psychological as well as physiological factors enter into the matter. Cases of other children iv America and Europe having abnormal vision of a similar character have been reported within the past year or so. Some of these write upside down or from right to left, and like this Detroit boy, draw figures in ar. inverted position. It is an odd condition and one which will doubtless T equire much study and investigation before it can be satisfactorily explained.