Our eyes, and how to take care of them / by Henry W. Williams.

  • Williams, Henry W. (Henry Willard), 1821-1895.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Our eyes, and how to take care of them / by Henry W. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    v.. <7 OUR EYES, AND HOW TO| TAKE CAEE OF THEM. t V^ THE form of the eye, its structure, and its powers, call forth fresh admiration as they successively claim our attention. Its form affords the greatest resistance to external violence, and is most perfectly adapted for the fulfilment of the function of vision, as it allows of the continued exercise of its powers during the act of turning the eye, which could have been accomplished in no other way. Had its shape been different, it would have been less strong, unless made up of heavier materials; and its glance could not, as now, have strayed at will from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, reading, near and far, the ever-present lessons of light and