A FEW WORDS 
ON 
THE EYE 
AND 
ITS FUNCTIONS. 
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TH E EY E 
AND 
I T S F UNCTIONS. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The Authors, in presenting this small Pamphlet to the 
Public, have endeavoured to make it simple and free from 
all technical terms. This merit, it is hoped, may render it 
exceptionally popular and useful. 
The growing prevalence of weak sight in this country, 
both in children and in adults, would seem to make a wide 
knowledge of the eye, and how to preserve it, of some 
importance. To take proper care of our eyes is to do what 
we can to avoid such diseases and weaknesses of the eyes 
as are avoidable. But to do this efficiently we must know 
something about the eye and its diseases and weakness; we 
must know what certain feelings mean, the various causes 
of pain and fatigue, 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 
impairing sight or losing it. We wish to use our eyes, to 
preserve our sight to the last, and to avoid all avoidable 
diseases. 
The Symptoms of Weak Sight and 
when it can be Relieved by the 
use of Periscopic Spectacles. 
The first symptom is fatigue of the eyes during or after 
reading, writing, sewing, painting, and similar work in the 
evening. Very soon the same fatigue is noticed after Similar occupations during tlie day when light is good. 
After a time the same feeling comes on immediately upon 
attempting to read or sew, and if disregarded, pain and 
confusion of vision follow. Letters appear to run together, 
lines are blurred and indistinct, and continued use of the 
«yes in reading becomes painful. If we then look up across, 
the room, or in the distance, quick relief comes, and vision 
is as clear and distinct as possible, but an attempt to read 
again brings a return of pain and confusion of sight. 
In order that persons may judge for themselves when? 
their sight may be preserved by the use of spectacles, an 
attentive consideration of the following rules will be- 
-sufficient— 
1st. When it is necessary to remove small objects to. 
a considerable distance from the eye in order to set 
them distinctly. 
2nd. When more light than formerly is required, as, 
for instance, to place the light between the eyes and 
the object. 
3rd. If looking at, or attentively considering, a near 
object, it suddenly becomes confused and appears. 
to liave a kind of mist before it. 
4tli. When the letters of a book run into each other* 
and hence appear double or treble. 
5tli. If the eyes are so fatigued by a little exercise that 
it is necessary to shut them from time to time, to 
relieve them by looking at other objects and rubbing 
them. 
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DISEASES OF THE EYE, 
From their great variety and frequent occurrence, present a claim to a 
careful and assiduous investigation, perhaps more urgent than that ol 
any other organ. 
The peculiar structure of the eye, its frequent exposure to impure 
gas, and other strong artificial lights, call loudly for the diligent use 
of all the resources of science to devise means for its protection and 
preservation. 
The Authors having given much time and labour to the study of 
the eye, theoretically and practically, do not hesitate in saying, from 
cases that have come under their notice, that if greater attention 
were paid to general health, and to judiciously selecting glasses lev. 3 
the eye as soon as required, there would be fewer operations 
and less work generally for the oculist. 
Light is the agent through the medium of which external objects 
make their impression on the sense of sight. Strong lights pain the 
•eyes, cause them to be bloodshot, and confuse vision. In almost every 
kind of artificial light there is an excess of the yellow over the violet 
•rays, to the great injury of those eyes that are subject to such influences. 
To counteract which “neutral tinted glasses should be used.” 
Many people have a great aversion to wearing spectacles until it is 
•absolutely impossible to do without them. This is a most deplorable 
mistake, with, too often, serious consequences, and after over-working 
und straining their eyes are obliged to begin with a much stronger pair 
•of spectacles than would have been necessary for years to come, if 
timely assistance had been given. That this is correct is fully proved 
•by statistics from our Ophthalmic Hospitals, which show that the 
•disease most frequently treated is “ Amblyopia,” the cause of which is 
■overwork at night, and by strong artificial lights. On the other hand, 
those engaged in occupations said to provoke injury, by working with 
■concentrated light and powerful magnifiers, such as engravers, watch- 
makers, and a large number of persons who, for hours together, use 
microscopes, rarely complain of their eyes ; but, as a rule, they pre- 
serve the sight until a late period in life. 
Whilst the morbid state of the anterior segments of the eye-ball is 
sufficiently accessible to objective exploration by the naked eye or 
merely by the use of a magnifying glass,that of the posterior segment 
comprising the vitreous body, retina and choroid, have,until the intro- 
duction of the Ophthalmoscope, been but very little known. With 
•surgeons it was, at best, guess work, they could only judge by external 
which were at all times very uncertain. 
Jabez Hogg, M.R.C.S., etc., in his interesting work on the Ophthal- 
moscope, after speaking of diseases most frequent in the eye, has the 
following passage. “It must be admitted that these remarks most 
forcibly apply to a certain class of eye diseases hitherto ‘ huddled * 
under the names of Amaurosis, Glaucoma, etc.,the treatment of which 
is very often mistreatment, and frequently places those maladies in. 
the list of incurables.” It must, however, be remembered that 
Iiis remarks refer to a period when the Ophthalmoscope was not 
in use. 
Dixon in his “ Practical Study of the Diseases of the Eye,” says— 
■“ Amaurosis implies no ascertained disease,it is only a word expressive 
•of our own ignorance as to the cause of our patients’blindness. ” 
From these and many similar quotations which could be made 
-from works of really clever and eminent men, in the profession, it will 
clearly be seen that the clever and conscientious optician is the first 
to be sought when the eye first gives notice that it is no longer con- 
veniently able to fulfil the duties it is called upon to perform. Great 
•caution should, however, he exercised against the many spurious and 
cheap articles pushed into the market at low prices, badly made from 
the commonest glass, full of prismatic colours, which however, cannot 
•always be detected by the unpractised eye, but nevertherless have a 
•most injurious influence. DEFECTS IN VISION. 
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Myopia-—Short-sighted persons generally complain that, although 
their eyes are able to distinguish the smaller objects near at hand, they 
cannot see well at a distance. This depends upon the fact that the 
refracting power of the eyes is too strong, or that the antero-posterior 
axis of the eyeball is too long, so that the rays of light are brought to a 
focus before reaching the bacillar layer of the retina. The consequence 
is that distant objects do not appear clear and sharply defined, but in- 
distinct and blurred. In order, therefore, to improve the vision for 
distant objects, those persons so affected often acquire the habit of 
nipping their eyelids together. Myopia generally occurs at an early 
period of life, is sometimes acquired and not unfrequently hereditary. 
This defect can only be corrected by properly selected concave glasses. 
PRESBYOPIA. 
The first symptoms of Presbyopia (farsightedness) are that small 
objects (small type, fine needlework, &c.,) cannot with ease be seen 
so clearly as before, but for distant objects vision is perfect. In order 
to see minute objects more clearly, they have to be removed further 
from the eye, or seen by a brighter light. But as the retinal images of 
these fine objects are very small, on account of the distance at which 
they are held, a difficulty will soon be experienced in clearly distin- 
guishing them. The print, for instance, will get indistinct and 
confused, and the eyes become fatigued and aching. This defect is 
caused by the decrease of the humours of the eye, and the loss of 
activity in the ciliary muscle. The crystaline lens also becomes more 
firm and flattened with advancing years, and in consequence of tl»is 
increased consolidation the amount of muscular actios cannot produce 
the same change in the form of the lens as formerly. In this case no 
time should be lost, but suitable convex glasses selected as soon as the 
slightest inconvenience is felt. This defect sometimes increases very 
rapidly if speedy assistance is not given to the eye. Many, through a 
foolish shame or prejudice, have had to take to glasess ordinarily only 
used by those who have undergone an operation. 
HYPERMETROPIA. 
By this term is meant that peculiar condition of the eye in which 
the refractive power is too low, or the optic axis too short, so that the 
focal point of the dioptric system lies behind the retina, and, therefore, 
when the eye is at rest the rays are not brought to a focus upon the 
retina, but behind it. This is the reverse to Myopia. 
TheHypermetropic eye issmalland flat, and although itsdimensions 
are less, this is more particularly and markedly the case in the antero- 
posterior axis. The eye does not appear to properly fill out the pal- 
pebral aperture, and the posterior portion of the eyeballs is flat and 
compressed, the expansion of the retina is less, and the optic nerve 
smaller with a less number of fibres. This, and other relative defects, 5 
such as Astenopia, Muscular Amaurosis, &c. (of which it is unneces- 
sary to speak, as they have the same effect and more or less the same 
cause) can only be relieved by the proper use of convex glasses. 
CATARACT. 
This term denotes opacities of the crystaline body. Sometimes it 
has its seat in the crystaline capsule, the lens, or vitreous humour. 
The capsule is subject to celloid formations,and those thickenedportions 
of the capsule occasionally enclose opaque objects, which not only 
themselves obstruct the rays of light, but also have an indirect influence 
over the parts within the capsule; they modify or wholly prevent the 
nutritious currents through the capsule, and bring about most impor- 
tant changes in the superficial fibres of the lens. These alterations 
are attended with a loss of transparency. Persons of all ages are 
subject to Cataract, but those of an advanced age more so than at an 
earlier period of life, and it is frequently associated with Heart Disease. 
Opacity of the lens generally begins in a very unmarked manner, and 
increases slowly for months, and perhaps years. As soon as discovered, 
eyes so affected should be assisted, and the defect, perhaps, checked 
by the use of Spectacles ; and even when an operation has been per- 
formed it is mostly found necessary to use cataract lenses. 
HOW TO RELIEVE OR 
PREVENT WEAK SIGHT. 
Persons having a tendency to weakness of sight or those experienc- 
ing unusual fatigue of the eyes in reading or similar occupations re- 
quiring close vision, should carefully observe the following rules:— 
1st. Cease to use the eyes for a time, and look away from the work, 
when sight becomes in the least painful, blurred or indistinct. After 
perfect rest for a moment, or longer, work may be resumed, to be dis- 
continued as before when the eyes feel again fatigued. 
2nd. See that the light is sufficient, and that it falls properly upon 
your work. Never sit facing the light—it should fall upon the work 
from above and behind. Failing this, it may fall from the side. Never 
use the eyes at twilight; any artificial light for the evening is good if 
it is brilliant enough and shady; a dickering gaslight is injurious. 
When artificial light is at all painful, it is safer to rtad or write with 
Neutral Tinted Spectacles. 
3rd. Never read in Railway Trains or Omnibuses. It requires too 
great an exertion of the accommodative power to keep the eyes accu- 
rately focussed and fixed on the letters. Never read when lying down 
—it is too fatiguing for the accommodative power. Many a tedious 
case of weak sight has been traced to the pernicious habit of reading 
in bed after retiring for the night. 
4th. Do not read much during convalescence from illness. Before 
the muscular system generally has quite recovered its healthy tone we 
ought not to expect the muscles of accommodation to bear the con- 
tinuous use to which they are subjected in reading or writing. We 6 
cannot be sure that the deliaate muscles of the eye are in a condition, 
to be used until the muscles of the leg and the arm have regained their 
strength and firmness. 
oth. The General Health should be maintained by a good diet, suffi- 
cient sleep, air, exercise, amusement, and a proper restriction of the 
hours of hard work. One ought not to expect strong eyes in a body 
weakened by bad habits or an injudicious amount of labour. Bright 
gas lights in crowded rooms, and the impurity of air in such places, 
are especially to be avoided. 
6th. Take plenty of sleep. Sleep is a sovereign balm for those who 
suffer from weak sight. Retire early and avoid the painful evening 
light. 
WHAT RESULTS IF NO 
ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE 
WEAK SIGHT. 
If the symptoms of pain, confusion of vision, dread of light and of 
all use of the eyes continue, and no measures are taken to ame- 
liorate or remove them, there is danger of the eyes not only becoming 
nearly useless, but that they may finally get so sensitive and irritable- 
that ordinary daylight cannot be borne without pain and discomfort. 
When weak sight has been allowed to progress for years, it sometimes, 
intensifies to such a degree that one finds a darkened room the only 
really comfoifable place, dark blue or smoke-coloured glasses not 
affording a sufficient protection from the light. 
Severe cases weak sight are tedious and difficult to cure, ancK 
particularly so if of years' standing, but recent cases are curable. 
WHEN TO BEGIN WEARING 
GLASSES 
The adoption of suitable glasses should not be neglected after the- 
symptoms of old sight are noticed, especially during the early evenings.. 
Nothing is gained by waiting, and much may be lost. We lose, in the- 
first place,a great deal of amusement and instruction from the neces- 
sity of giving up our evening reading, avoiding small print, resting 
our eyes,and neglecting fine work of all kinds. In the beginning these- 
interruptions in our way of life are not so serious and frequent as to. 
give much annoyance; but as the old sight increases, they become ot 
importance. In the second place, and of greater moment, is the risk 
we run of straining and fatiguing the accommodative power ef the 
eyes, and so causing weak sight. In these days of weak sight and; 
eye-glasses there need be no fear that the adoption of glasses will be 
interpreted as a confession of old age. Old sight becomes very early— 
much earlier than forty in most oversighted eyes—and this fiat forma 
tion of the eye is more common than any other. Frequently, evei ■, 7 
in the best formed eyes, ill-health, nervous debility, or a constant and: 
severe use of the vision in fine work or night work, will develop the 
symptoms of old sight as early as the age of twenty-five or thirty. All 
things being equal, a farmer, if he is not studious, may postpone the 
use of glasses longer than a professional or literary person, or any 
one who reads a great deal. Nothing, however, is gained by post- 
ponement of wearing Spectacles ; the eyes are not made stronger, an til 
are likely to be made weaker. The relief to the eyes in reading and 
sewing which follows properly fitting glasses is very remarkable. A 
Patient of ours had for years suffered from weak sight, weak eyes, 
inflamed eyelids, headache, and depression, and had tried all kinds 
of relief but the right kind. Properly fitting glasses gave her good 
sight, and as a consequence of this her other ills were banished. 
SPECTACLES. 
The Spectacles which are generally used for the purpose of correcting 
seme optical defect in the eye are either concave or convex lenses, or 
a combination of both. Care should be taken that the Spectacles fit 
accurately, that the glasses are on the same level, so that one is not 
higher than the other, that they are sufficiently close to the eyes, and 
the centre of each glass exactly opposite the centre of the pupil. If 
these points are not attended to, the glasses act as prisms, and give 
rise to diplopia or a correcting squint, and the latter may even 
become permanent if their use is persisted in. Single Eye Glasses, 
should not be used as a rule, as they often lead to weakness of the 
other eye from disuse. 
In preference to the ordinary double convex and double concave 
lens, the Authors have great confidence in recommending their 
Crystal Periscopic Spectacles 
The most perfect vision with Spectacles is produced when the eye' 
looks in the direction of the axis of the lenses, and more or less 
imperfection always attends oblique vision through them. Persons 
who use Spectacles therefore generally turn the head, while those 
whose sight does not require such aid merely turn the eye. 
To diminish this inconvenience, use the minisci, or concave-convex 
lenses. 
The effect of these, as compared with double convex or double cor - 
cave lenses is, that objects seen obliquely through them are less 
distorted, and consequently that there is a greater freedom of vision 
by turning the eye without turning the head, from which property 
they are called periscopic. 
The sense of dazzling of which many complain, when their eyes 
are exposed to bright light, is more efficiently relieved by blue-tinted 
glasses. It is a fact that the orange rays are most irritating to the' 
retina, and, as blue excludes the orange rays, it follows that this is 
the proper tint for such glasses. 
Those who require Spectacles for reading, writing, &c., and can see 
distant objects without them, should use the Periscopic Pantoscopic- 
Spectacles. 8 
Although clear and correct lenses are the first object, the frames 
also form an essential part. They should not be made too light, as 
they often lose their parallelism, and, therefore, should be sufficiently 
strong to prevent this. Although rarely attended to, this is of great 
importance, because, unless the pupil of the eye looks through the 
centre of the lens, clear vision is impossible. 
For elderly people who wear glasses to correct old sight, Spectacles 
are usually preferred to eye-glasses, still, for occasional use, Folders, 
suspended around the neck by a cord, are always at hand, and quickly 
adjusted upon the nose. For long periods of reading, writing, or 
sewing, Spectacles are more comfortable. 
In conclusion, in handing this little work to the public, we beg tr> 
call attention to the fact that our glasses are optically clear, ground 
with mathematical correctness, and the frames in which they are 
mounted are clearly balanced and angled, and made from the best, 
steel. 
Having been before the public for a number of years, our Feriscopio 
Crystal Glasses are generally known, but of late years they have 
introduced them further, and they can now be had in almost every, 
place, large and small, in the United Kingdom. In order to ascertain 
the correct focus, the “ Optometer” on Dr. Smee’s principle may be 
used, or the graduated test type on other side will be found an easy and 
efficient guide to ascertain the strength of glass required. 
The Authors strongly recommend their improved adjustable Folder, 
which possesses all the advantages of a Spectacle without any of(the 
defects of an ordinary Folder, the use of which is condemned by 
many oculists, on account of their position on the nose not allowing 
the eye to look through the centre of the lens. Ladies also complain 
of their touching the eyelashes. Both of these defects are obviated 
by the adjustable nose-pieces ; and as these latte* are open at top and 
bottom, they relieve the nose of all pressure. TEST TYPE 
FOR THE 
PERISCOPIC CRYSTAL SPECTACLES. 
This Test 
TYPEWILL ENABLE . 
The Reader to 7 
Form a correct * 
JUDGMENT OF WHAT .t.10 
Glasses lie requires. n to 12 
Place it with a good light, 12 to 14 
At the proper reading distance, 14 to 16 
Which is about 14 inches. Select the ie to 29 
Smallest type that can be Distinctly read with 18 to 20 
Ease. The corresponding figures in the margin 20 to 24 
Will show the focus required. The best Lenses, 24 to 30 
"Which being periscopic, give a larger field of vision, 30 to 36 
With less strain on the eye than the convex lenses. 36 to 40 
These lenses are recommended by the faculty for night use, JO to 48 
•specially by light. Use W.H. and G.’s Periscopic Tinted Spectacles, they 50 tO 60 THE PERISCOPIC CRYSTAL 
SPECTACLES. 
The following are a few of the numerous 
TESTIMONIALS 
We are daily receiving from Medical men, dc. 
From SAMUEL HITCH, Esq., M.D., 3, Grand Parade, East- 
bourne. 
Gentlemen,—I have worn Spectacles at least 50 years, and I 
liave never found any to which my eyes adapted themselves so 
readily and so pleasantly as these do. They appear to me to 
render the type clearer, and by artificial light they certainly 
■communicate a sense of coolness. 
Yours &c., SAMUEL HITCH, M.D. 
From ROBERT COOKE Esq., M.R.C.S., L:C:A., Infirmary, 
Newport, Mon. 
I have great pleasure in giving my opinion of your “ Peris- 
copic ” Spectacles. I have used them for over eight hours at 
the time, and with gaslight ; they have never caused my eye to 
ache in the slightest degree; the print has been clear through 
the whole of the time, and no heat or over-exertion lias occurred. 
I have, therefore, the satisfaction now of having a perfect 
.glass. 
From SPENCER T. HALL, Esq., M.D., P.L.D. M.A., Burnley. 
Gentlemen.—I have no hesitation in testifying to the great 
comfort I have derived from the use of your tinted glasses. The 
sense of coolness and clearness to overwrought eyes is remark- 
able. 
I am yours truly, SPENCER T. HALL. 
From W. F. LAURIE, Esq., M.D. Dunstable. 
Gentlemen.—I beg to say I have found your Spectacles most 
serviceable to me ; far better than any I have ever had before, 
and I shall confidently recommend them to my patients. 
Yours truly, W. F. LAURIE. 11 
From JOHN WOEEAL, Esq., M.D., Adare, Limerick. 
Oct. 16th, 1878. 
Gentlemen,—I am very pleased with the “Periscopic ” Con- 
vex Glasses of a blue tint, which I had from you recently: no 
matter how long I mav be reading, they never weary the sight, 
or cause heat with Epiphora, which invariably attended the use 
of other glasses. 
Faithfully yours, JOHN 'WOEEAL. 
From W. WALLACE, Esq., M.D., Towie Cottage,Turriff, N.B.. 
Gentlemen,—The Gold Spectacles came duly to hand and 
suit me very nicely. Yours trulv, 
WILLIAM WALLACE, M.D 
WM HOGGAN,Esq., M.D., H.M., Dockyard, Sheerness, writes: 
It affords me much pleasure to state that the pair of Spectacles. 
I had from you suit me exactly, and are all that could be wished. 
From THOMAS SHELDON, Esq., M.D., 125, Cornwall 
Eoad, Notting Hill, London, W. 
Gentlemen,—I was very much pleased with one of your- 
Begistered sight tests, and shall be pleased to recommend my 
patients to you. 
Faithfully yours, THOMAS SHELDON.. 
From J. W. DEEW, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, Ophthalmic Hospital,. 
N ewport. 
Having given the glasses a fair trial, I have now much pleasure 
in reporting thereon. Eesults have verified all you predicted,, 
and I am more than satisfied. My only regret is that I had not 
your help long since. I shall strongly recommend you to my 
patients. 
From the Very Eev. WM. EONAN. S. J., College of the Sacred 
Heart, Crescent, Limerick. 
Gentlemen,—The Periscopic Convex Glasses of a blue tint,”' 
which I have purchased at your establishment give me great 
comfort. I use them constantly in reading and writing, and I 
find them most satisfactory. Believe me, 
Faithfully yours. W. EONAN.. 
From the Very Eev. JOHN HALPIN,P.P., EathkealeJ 
I have reason to be thankful for the Spectacles I had from you, 
they are most comfortable by day and artificial light. 
Yours very truly, JOHN HALPIN, V.G 
From J. TIEEELL, Chemist, Market Square, Hanley. 
Gentlemen,—A case has just come under my notice proving 
beyond all doubt the great advantage you claim for the l’ Peris- 
copic ” Spectacles. I have to-day sold a pair of No. lO 
Spectacles to a customer who, two years since, required yom 
No. 8 ; last year he had No. 9. He is therefore, to-day wearing 12 
Spectacles two sights younger than wliat he required two years 
ago ; at once showing to what a large extent his sight has been 
benefited by the use of your Spectacles. 
Yours very ti’uly, J. TIRRELL. 
From J. Thompson, Secretary of the Working Men’s Co- 
operative Society (Limited), Portland Street, and Church 
street, Asliton-under-Lyne. 
Gentlemen,—1 am delighted with the pair of Spectacles you 
have made forme, thev suit me admirably, I never met with a 
pair before that I could see a long distance with, and yet Tie able 
to work in without inconvenience. They have in short so 
lengthened mv range of vision, that outside appears almost like 
a new world, and things near are so clear and distinct that T «an 
work with more comfort and ease. 
Yours truly J. THOMPSON. 
From JOHN TOMLINSON, Esq., Haydn Terrace, Blackburn. 
Gentlemen,—The “ Periscopio ” Spectacles give me great 
satisfaction. They suit better than any I have used hitherto. 
I can confidently recommend them, especinllv for reading bv 
gaslight Yours faithfully, JOHN TOMLINSON. 
From Col. E. YESEY BBOWNE, Dromara House, Rathkenle. 
Oct. 20th, 1878. 
Gentlemen,—I have had two pairs of peri tropic Spectacles 
from you, and am hapny to hear testimony to their efficacy. I 
find that they cause less strain on the eyes than any glasses I 
have ever used, and I wear them with great comfort. 
Yours, &c., E. VESEY BROWNE, 
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From WIILLIAMWHALLEY, Esq., Latchford, Warrington. 
Gentlemen,—I have great pleasure in hearing testimony to the 
efficiency of your “Periscopic Spectacles I have been short- 
sighted all my life, and worn spectacles for upwards of 20 years 
and I have had Spectacles from some of the most noted Oculists 
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Yours truly, WILLIAM WHALLEY. 
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