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

  • Reynolds, Edward, 1793-1881.
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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    endured by the eyes, than one where they are thus tor- mented by his reflected rays. Nature's light is uniformly and equally diffused. When- ever the eye (urns, over the broad surface of creation, this harmonious distribution is pleasing to it, and in perfect harmony with its functions and powers. Perhaps the man who, m the pursmts of literature, is ever immured in his study, especially in the city, surrounded by houses which are continually annoying him by reflected light, cannot on many, accounts, be considered as living in a state of nature,—certainly not, so far as the health of the eve is concerned. Therefore, when he is compelled to occupy such a room he will, if he sets a proper value upon the unspeakable blessings of a sound, permanent vision, imitate as far as possible nature's method of illumination, and adopt such measures as will prevent the introduction of both the direct and reflected h>ht. This is easily done. The light of such an apartment W ne S°/tenedpy pLT* Sree 0r b]ue ^ains be- fore the windows. Even the furniture of the study should 0*1 ratd^hf t t1* ^ °CCaSi°ni^ a with anv hS; K nUld be adorned' for ^nce, with any bright or brilliant objects, upon which the eve cannot repose with pleasurable sensations. The wa Is should be painted with a soft blue or green colour Th -pet should be of green. This is tli Sour which nature »ho in all her works seems to have provided S Ebd ivhe Me woti -JtafSr**, d Pe to seller from weakness of the eye. Wherthan a praiseworthy economy ? °f madn6SS A tha eilbe°sttim7|b.e F°PPr' UP°n the q»a«tity of ^ttat is best adapted to evening study. . It should al-