Sight-saving in the School-room
Lelouch Lamperouge
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Sight-saving in the School-room
By Edith F. Gavin
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It seemed so wonderful to me to be able to lay aside my glasses
and have eye comfort after wearing them for twenty-two years with
discomfort the greater part of the time! I could scarcely wait to get
back home to talk to the other teachers about it and try to help a few
of the children.
I began with Gertrude, who was so nearsighted that from a front
seat she was unable to see very black figures one and one-half inches
high printed on a white chart and hanging on the front board. Her
vision January 11, 1921, was 20/70 in both eyes, but by March 10th she
had improved to 20/70 with the right eye and 20/30 with the left and
could read the chart from the last seat in the row.
Matilda had complained of headaches since last September. Glasses
were obtained last December, and after a few months' struggle to get
used to them, she refused to wear them, saying that they made her head
and eyes feel worse. I then told her how to palm and practice with the
chart. She had no more headaches in school, and her mother said she
didn't complain at home. Her vision also improved from 20/30 to 20/15.
I next took Walter in hand. His mother would not get glasses for
him, although advised to do so by the school nurse and doctor. His
vision February 18th was 20/200. Three weeks later his mother decided
to get glasses for him, but his vision had improved to 20/20 iin the
right eye and 20/30 in the left.
Helen's teacher brought her to me, saying she was so nervous and
read in such a halting manner that she felt sure that her glasses did
not fit her. Her mother had said she might lay aside her glasses and
Helen could hardly wait to begin. Shortly after she was taken ill with
scarlet fever and did not return, but her vision improved from 20/40
to 20/15, and her teacher said that her reading had improved
noticeably.
Mollie, age six, was sent in to me February 18th. She tested 20/70
in the right eye and 20/50 in the left. Her vision in May was 20/30,
right, and 20/20, left.
When Rae came to my room, May 15th, her vision was 20/70. Her
father was very much opposed to her wearing glasses and readily gave
permission for me to help her. She remained in the district only two
weeks, but she had improved to 20/20 in the right eye and 20/30 in the
left.
Bennie, mentally defective, required a great deal of patience, but
he improved from 20/50 February 9th to 20/15 March 4th.
Leo, a fifth grade pupil, was sent to me February 20th by his
teacher. She said he wouldn't wear his glasses and was a poor student.
He tested 20/50 in the right eye and 20/30 in the left. By March 15th
his vision was 20/30, right eye, and 20/15, left, and his teacher said
that he showed a marked improvement in his scholarship.
The children needing help came to me fifteen minutes before the
afternoon began. If I was busy with one, the others would work quietly
by themselves, seeming to take great pride in their improvement. The
chart hangs on the front wall at all times. I taught the class how to
palm and often different ones would come up early to practice. Several
children with apparently normal vision told me that they were able to
read two or three lines more at the end of the term. To my mind there
is no limit to the good that might be accomplished if this method were
in general use in the schools.
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School Number
Better Eyesight
A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
sight without glasses
Vol. V - August, 1921 - No. 2
Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
Doctors are needed all over the world to cure people without glasses
$2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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