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Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.

of darkness into the blaze of day . How dangerous the looking upon bright luminous objects is to the sight , is evident from its effects in those countries which are covered tlie greater part of the year with snow , where blindness is exceedingly frequent , and where the traveller is obliged to cover his eyes with crape , to prevent the dangerous and often sudden effects of too much li ght ; even the untutored savage tries to avoid the dangerbframing a little wooden case

, y for his eyes , with only two narrow slits . A momentary gaze at the sun will for a time unfit the eyes for vision , and render them insensible to impressions of a milder nature . The following cases , from a small tract on the "Fabric of the Eye , " are so app & jable to the present article , as to want no apology for their insertion * here ; thoughif any were necessarythe use they

, , will probably be of to those whose complaints arise from the same or similar causes , would , we presume , be more than sufficient ; " A lady from the country coming to reside in St . James ' s-square , was afflicted with a pain in her eyes , and a decay of sight . She could not look upon the stones when the sun shone upon them , without great pain . This , which she thought was one of the

symptoms of her disorder was the real cause of it .- Pier eyes , which had been accustomed to the verdure of the country , and the green of the pasture-grounds before her house , could not bear the violent and unnatural glare of light reflected from the stones ; she was advised to place a number of small orange-trees in the windows , so that their tops might hide the pavement , and be in a line with the grass . She recovered by this simple change iu the light , without the assistance of any medicine , though her eyes were before on the verge of little less than blindness . "

" A gentleman of the law had his lodgings in Pall Mall , on tire north side ; his front windows were exposed to the full noon sun , while the back room , having no opening but into a small close yard , surrounded with high walls , was very dark : he wrote in the back room , and used to come from that into the front room to breakfast , & c—His sight now grew weak , and he had a constant pain in the balls of his eyes ; he tried visual lassesand spoke with oculists ,

g , equally in vain . Being soon convinced , that the coming suddenly out of his dusky study into the full blaze of sun-shine , and that very often in the day , had been the real cause of his disorder , he took new lodgings , by which , and forbearing to write by candle-lig ht , he was very soon cured . " Blindness , or at least miserable weaknesses of sight , are often

brought on by these unsuspected causes . Those who have weak eyes should therefore be particularly attentive to such circumstances , since prevention is easy , but the cure may be difficult , and sometimes impracticable . When the eye sensibly flattens , all delay is dangerous ; - and the ' longer those who feel the want of assistance defer the use of spectacles , the more they will increase the failure of the eye ; there are too many who procrastinate the use of them , till at last they are

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LONDON: Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
HUMANITY OF GELO, KING OF SYRACUSE. Article 7
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 8
GENEROUS SENTIMENTS ON THE PROSPERITY OF OTHERS, CONDUCIVE TO OUR OWN HAPPINESS. Article 10
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 12
THE FREEMASON. No. VI. Article 17
THE STAGE. Article 19
ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 22
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 24
SPECIMEN OF MODERN BIOGRAPHY, Article 33
ANECDOTE. Article 34
TESTIMONY OF N. B. HALHEAD, ESQ. M. P. Article 35
SEMIRAMIS. A VISION. Article 37
DETACHED THOUGHTS. Article 39
RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE SIGHT. Article 43
ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE. Article 45
Untitled Article 47
ESSAY ON JUSTICE. Article 48
ANECDOTE OF SANTEUIL. Article 49
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 50
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD. Article 55
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 56
POETRY. Article 58
TO MISS S****. Article 58
TO Dr. BROWN, WITH A TONQUIN BEAN*. Article 59
VERSES, Article 59
A PARAPHRASE ON THE LAMENTATION OF DAVID, FOR THE DEATH OF SAUL AND JONATHAN. Article 60
THE MASONS' LODGE. Article 61
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 63
PROMOTIONS. Article 66
Untitled Article 66
Untitled Article 67
BANKRUPTS. Article 67
INDEX TO THE FOURTH VOLUME. Article 68
ADVERTISEMENT. Article 72
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Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.

of darkness into the blaze of day . How dangerous the looking upon bright luminous objects is to the sight , is evident from its effects in those countries which are covered tlie greater part of the year with snow , where blindness is exceedingly frequent , and where the traveller is obliged to cover his eyes with crape , to prevent the dangerous and often sudden effects of too much li ght ; even the untutored savage tries to avoid the dangerbframing a little wooden case

, y for his eyes , with only two narrow slits . A momentary gaze at the sun will for a time unfit the eyes for vision , and render them insensible to impressions of a milder nature . The following cases , from a small tract on the "Fabric of the Eye , " are so app & jable to the present article , as to want no apology for their insertion * here ; thoughif any were necessarythe use they

, , will probably be of to those whose complaints arise from the same or similar causes , would , we presume , be more than sufficient ; " A lady from the country coming to reside in St . James ' s-square , was afflicted with a pain in her eyes , and a decay of sight . She could not look upon the stones when the sun shone upon them , without great pain . This , which she thought was one of the

symptoms of her disorder was the real cause of it .- Pier eyes , which had been accustomed to the verdure of the country , and the green of the pasture-grounds before her house , could not bear the violent and unnatural glare of light reflected from the stones ; she was advised to place a number of small orange-trees in the windows , so that their tops might hide the pavement , and be in a line with the grass . She recovered by this simple change iu the light , without the assistance of any medicine , though her eyes were before on the verge of little less than blindness . "

" A gentleman of the law had his lodgings in Pall Mall , on tire north side ; his front windows were exposed to the full noon sun , while the back room , having no opening but into a small close yard , surrounded with high walls , was very dark : he wrote in the back room , and used to come from that into the front room to breakfast , & c—His sight now grew weak , and he had a constant pain in the balls of his eyes ; he tried visual lassesand spoke with oculists ,

g , equally in vain . Being soon convinced , that the coming suddenly out of his dusky study into the full blaze of sun-shine , and that very often in the day , had been the real cause of his disorder , he took new lodgings , by which , and forbearing to write by candle-lig ht , he was very soon cured . " Blindness , or at least miserable weaknesses of sight , are often

brought on by these unsuspected causes . Those who have weak eyes should therefore be particularly attentive to such circumstances , since prevention is easy , but the cure may be difficult , and sometimes impracticable . When the eye sensibly flattens , all delay is dangerous ; - and the ' longer those who feel the want of assistance defer the use of spectacles , the more they will increase the failure of the eye ; there are too many who procrastinate the use of them , till at last they are

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