Medical Congress

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 193, 13 February 1914, Page 5

Medical Congress

KADI I'M AND" XtAAVA EYESIGHT OF SCHOOL LIIII.IMIEN.' 1 MI'OUT ANT OBSERVATION*. ISj *' J By Telegraph—Press Associate Auckland, hat At tlic Medital Congress to-day, "4 considerable number of paper* ofj lltgki )y .technical character, and of interest to <fcw outside the medical profenin were' read and diacmwd. ' 3

In the section of dermatology, radiology, some excellent demonstration were given, and valuable paper* fyh trjbutcd. l>r. McMurray (Sydney) 49 hibited a series of lantern slide* jng the use of radium and X-rajs <j the treatment of cancer, rodent Ukti and lupus at the Sydney hospital, jKM some wonderful results were recorded

A most interesting paper was eoirbJ buted by Dr. G. A. Hogg, M.D„ Launceston, Tasmania, upon the inmd taut matter of "Eyesight in fiCWM Children." Nature, he said, ■ intn|| the eye to be used for distant tUa| and not for the vision and. .fa! constant strain inseparable from toioi Irfe. The stooping of the child's'jjadi over a task also inclined* strain and cause the development any defects to which they may.lp sf| disposed, or the exaggeration which already existed.' education which compell«d r the children to carry on cqptlnuous• nesj work arid to focus small objects at-dS Mnge for several hourvaaiiy was pi | or less unnatural, and 100 great could not be taken to avoid, as '♦"ffljji as possible, the evil results wlilah jm violation of a natural law involvedj? Dr. Hogg pointed'out that for ytM oculists had spoken and written oi{| question, but he was afraid that $9 overlooked too often not only by aj£u in the medical profession, hut, whatnl worse, by educationists. In regard'tl the general lightinc of schools, the ami cal opinion was that there could w be too much light. Windows ehoold In on the left, placed so that the Ugffi entered above the heads oi the chi)girfi and luminous reflections were avoidS The walls should be always dulled, jipj not shining. Reds shoud not be 'tjjßt rtreens and light greys were most tmh i fui to the eyes, and absorbed lira light. The ceiling should alwaya vg white. With regard to artificial JBgn] ing, tbe writer stated: "I cannot |M with tW statements often advancMa| iavor of electric lighting, and that jS introduction has never been followedn an increase of eye disease and errotti|S| refraction. Whilst I have never/riMS any serious disease develoo, I havejNg quently noted irritability and weakawC of the eyes follow upon the use of dMg trie light, especially where metallic f»| ments have been used, and I am iflfflj it plays a part in gome astiieiMH cases. I know -of no better arUfljH light than that given by hlgh-grtd^M School book* paper should alwayjiaß opaque and of a soft, cream tint, ||9| the type elear, well defined, and nowM stnaH. Night work should be aQMH tbe younger pupils, and no home ■■ before the age of eight years wai » ffjWj rule to adhere to. \