The causes and prevention of blindness / by Ernst Fuchs ; translated by R. E. Dudgeon with a few notes by M. Roth.

  • Fuchs, Ernst, 1851-1930.
Date:
1885
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    4. The analytical examination of the reports furnished by school-doctors, oculists, &c. These supply excellent materials not only for purely statistical works, but also for solving scientific problems. Delegates or committees should be appointed for the special study of epidemics of eye diseases, or for the investiga- tion of important circumstances. 5. Proposals for the improvement of sanitary conditions. Improvement of the old and introduction of new prophylactic measures, e.g., for preventing school myopia, the spread of in- fectious diseases, injuries to the eyes of work-people, &c. Pro- posals in reference to the compulsory treatment of certain infectious eye diseases and the duty of notification on the part of the physicians. An important question bearing on this point, is whether the parents should be made responsible when thcy neglect to take care of their children suffering from eye diseases and refrain from subjecting them to suitable medical treatment. 6. If the chief sanitary authority sets up a laboratory, the sphere of its work will thereby be considerably extended. This will comprise questions of general importance, such as, for example, the infectious character of certain eye diseases, the conditions of their transmission and their prevention ; the value of antiseptic remedies in ophthalmic medicine, &c. If we compare the organization of the sanitary service of different countries, we find that it is in general ordered according to three different types. 1. Complete decentralization of the sanitary service. This was the rule in former times. The State troubled itself but little or not at all about hygiene, and left it to the several com-