The fabrick of the eye, and the several disorders which injure or destroy the sight. Explained in a clear and useful manner, for the service of those whose eyes are weak or impaired ... : with a plain account of all the disorders of the eyes, and safe and effectual remedies for them ... / [Anon].

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Date:
1758
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The fabrick of the eye, and the several disorders which injure or destroy the sight. Explained in a clear and useful manner, for the service of those whose eyes are weak or impaired ... : with a plain account of all the disorders of the eyes, and safe and effectual remedies for them ... / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No perfon fhould ever read with a glare of light, nor in the dufk : the frivolous attention to a quarter of an hour of the evening, has coil: many a one the perfed: and comfortable ufe of his Eyes many years. The mifchief is done when we do not perceive it; but the latter part of life fhews the confequences. Short*lighted people fhould ufe themfelves to a little more light in reading, than is ab~ folutely neceflary; and the long-fighted fhould accuftom themfelves to read with a little lets than they naturally like. This condudt will tend to improve their fight, the other courfe would be indulging, and in fome degree en- creafing an imperfection. C FI A P. III. Of the various form and fize of the Eye. E have defcribed the general V V and natural ftate of the Eye ; from which however the whole fometimes varies a little, as well as the Cryftalline humour in particular. Some perfons have large and protuberant Eyes, others have them fmaller and fet down low in the head. A mode¬ rate fize, and a middle degree of prominence is beft j but of the two extreams, fmall and deep fet Eyes are moft defireable. They have