222. One common characteristic shared by those who take 'speed' is youth. They have to be young to withstand the beating the drug gives them, with its long periods of frenzied activity, days and nights without sleep or food. As most consistent drug users cannot and will not hold a steady job, and as few 'square' friends will put with their frequent mood changes, they tend to drift ever more closely together Subject(s): World Health Organization
223. Rolling a "joint" - a marijuana cigarette (Amsterdam) Subject(s): WomenWorld Health Organization
224. Fitting the right lenses in his spectacles in a brisk and matter-of-fact process. But for this elderly patient , it means he can once more see the world about him Subject(s): EyeglassesWorld Health Organization
225. The health worker skillfully administers a local anaesthetic which will ensure that the forthcoming cataract operation is painless Subject(s): InjectionsNursesCataract ExtractionPatientsWorld Health Organization
226. Nodules or lumps in the skin produced by the parasitic worms are one of the early signs of onchocerciasis Subject(s): ChildPhysiciansWorld Health Organization
227. A child at play. However, the game this little turkish girl is playing with is specially made for blind children who have to substitute the sense of touch for that of sight Subject(s): World Health Organization
230. Shiro Fukurai is a sculptor who teaches at the municipal school for the blind at Kobe in Japan Subject(s): World Health Organization
231. Xerophthalmia is hard to detect. Young children are often brought to hospital much too late to save their eyes Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
232. The Director of the "last-chance hospital" gets ready to operate. She wears magnifier over her spectacles and has slipped on runner gloves. The operation is a corneal graft Subject(s): USSRWorld Health Organization
233. After the operation a bandage remains on the eye to which sight has been restored Subject(s): BandagesNursesHospital UnitsPatientsWorld Health Organization
234. Tonograph used for the early detection and diagnosis of claucoma. The drainage speed of eye fluid is registered and interpreted. [i.e. glaucoma] Subject(s): Equipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
235. Eye position tests for the early detection of squints take place regularly in primary schools in Switzerland. Other tests are perfromed in secondary schools Subject(s): ChildWorld Health Organization
236. Direct method of examining the fundus oculi or eyeground Subject(s): OphthalmologyEquipment and SuppliesPhysiciansWorld Health Organization
237. Examination of the retina with a binocular ophtalmoscope [i.e. ophthalmoscope] Subject(s): PhysiciansOphthalmologyEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
238. A recent method of diagnosing detachment of the retina by examining the eyeground with a three-mirror glass devised by Professor Goldman of Berne, Switzerland Subject(s): OphthalmologyEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
239. [A blind and deaf Chinese girl is learning to speak English] Subject(s): TeachingChildWorld Health Organization
240. Electro-retinogram: modern apparatus devised to measure the electric potential of the retina Subject(s): Equipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization