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... pain and fatigue mean , and why the eye is so often subject to fatigue and pain . We cannot afford to give up the entire use of our eyes because they ache , nor can we afford wholly to disregard ominous symptoms lest we run the risk of ...
... pain and fatigue mean , and why the eye is so often subject to fatigue and pain . We cannot afford to give up the entire use of our eyes because they ache , nor can we afford wholly to disregard ominous symptoms lest we run the risk of ...
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... pain and confusion of vision follow . Letters appear to run together , lines are blurred and indistinct , and continued use of the eyes in reading becomes impossible . If we then look up , across the room , or in the distance , quick ...
... pain and confusion of vision follow . Letters appear to run together , lines are blurred and indistinct , and continued use of the eyes in reading becomes impossible . If we then look up , across the room , or in the distance , quick ...
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... painful . The convergence of the eyes is also an effort , and is brought about by a muscle on the outside of each eye - ball , attached to the white of the eye on the side towards the nose . This muscle ( M C , Fig . A ) we may call the ...
... painful . The convergence of the eyes is also an effort , and is brought about by a muscle on the outside of each eye - ball , attached to the white of the eye on the side towards the nose . This muscle ( M C , Fig . A ) we may call the ...
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... painful sight may follow ; but the immediate occasion , usually , of weak sight is an overworked , fatigued , sensitive condition of these muscles . It is plain , then , that as in distant vision this muscular apparatus is not used ...
... painful sight may follow ; but the immediate occasion , usually , of weak sight is an overworked , fatigued , sensitive condition of these muscles . It is plain , then , that as in distant vision this muscular apparatus is not used ...
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... painful , it is safer to read or write only during the day . 3. Never read in railway trains or omnibuses . It requires too great an exertion of the accom- modative power to keep the eyes accurately focussed and fixed on the letters ...
... painful , it is safer to read or write only during the day . 3. Never read in railway trains or omnibuses . It requires too great an exertion of the accom- modative power to keep the eyes accurately focussed and fixed on the letters ...
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