This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE In 1707 Antoine Maitre-Jan gave a description of complaints which he thought "Arose from the strain of the eye." In 1824 Dr. W. Kitchnen wrote of "People who required glasses, but neglected to use them." In 1832 Wilier enumerated several "symptoms arising from strained eyes." In 1837 Sichel mentioned ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE In 1707 Antoine Maitre-Jan gave a description of complaints which he thought "Arose from the strain of the eye." In 1824 Dr. W. Kitchnen wrote of "People who required glasses, but neglected to use them." In 1832 Wilier enumerated several "symptoms arising from strained eyes." In 1837 Sichel mentioned "a group of symptoms, arising from excessive use of the eye." In 1850 Piorry said that "Oscillation nerveness had its seat in the eye." In 1867 the author asserted that he "could see no reason why the eye could not be improved by proper culture, as well as any other organ." Since then the author has been much interested in the technics of visual images with the result that, he has become a confirmed expounder of scientific eyeculture. In view of what Fauchet said: "No author is so poor that he cannot be of some service," we hope that this effort may not be fruitless. "The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think." This contribution is not designed for lazy readers, or those who require their thinking to be done for them. The aim is to invite thoughtful attention to universal principles, and thus prompt professionals to carefully distinguish pedantries and artificialities from the realistics, so as to heed the best interests of patrons without being hampered by empiric rule dictations. OCULO-DIDACTICS 3 S S INTRODUCTORY. Pedagogic theorizing is perennial and boundless in speculation for writers. But most efficient readers have a philosophy of their own, so the first thing they wish to know is what is the author's philosophy. A writer's philosophy may not be popularly recognized, nor be in unison with any technical system extant, but it often has an unconscious subtlety which gives a strong bias to...
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