Hints to students on the use of the eyes / by Edward Reynolds.

  • Edward Reynolds
Date:
1835
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Credit: Hints to students on the use of the eyes / by Edward Reynolds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    notwithstanding, perfect and sound vision, from childhood I to hoary age. We do not believe that the great preva- - lcnce of weakness of the eyes, among the clergy and I others who devote themselves to study, is a necessary, consequence of their labours. The eye, notwithstanding, the extreme delicacy of its texture, is so constituted as I to be capable of great endurance. The Creator evidently formed man to be an intellectual being. He endowedd him with mind to be cultivated, and to grow in knowledge.-. He prepared the eye to be the great instrument for ac- quiring knowledge. Would it be in harmony with the- perfection of his other works, if he had so formed it, as- to be easily unBtted for its end? We cannot believe-i that the most noble organ of the body,—noble because.] fitted to the noblest end,—is the weakest and the most^ liable to be deranged and disqualified for the purposes for which it was designed. Its very structure, as well ad the history of thousands of the most devoted friends 01 learning, prove the contrary. Observe the wonderfu contrivances with which the Creator has guarded it; the extreme care with which he has provided for its security against the smallest injury. Examine the strong, bomij cavity in which it is lodged, and the stronger arches oJ bone, that serve to shield it in the moment of danger! See the eye-brows and the muscles which screen it sj effectually from the injurious effects of too dazzling light] —the two curtains, the eye-lids by which it is covereoj and protected during sleep, and continually cleaned an,| polished, to be rendered more fit for the ready transmit sion of the rays of light; the cartilaginous edges, wnic keep them in shape; and the eye-lashes which guar them from so many dangers, and by the interception . unnecessary light, render the image of objects more di tinct and lively. Examine the firm, elastic, insensib membrane, which keeps the delicate interior so secure the power and obedient activity of the ins, ever standin as before the inner temple, a faithful sentinel, to guai its delicate texture from the intrusion of every ray unnecessary light. Consider too, its universal symp thies with every other part of the body, in winch 6