Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1891 — Symptoms of Failing Vision. [ARTICLE]

Symptoms of Failing Vision.

Spots or sparks of light floating before the eyes. Quivering of the lids or sensation of sand in the eyes. Perceptible fatigue or the requirement of strong light in reading. The holding ’of objects at arm’e length or close to the eye. Squinting one eye or seeing objects double. Dizziness or darting pains in the eyeballs or over the temple. Perceiving a colored circle around the lamp. Sensitiveness of the eyeballs or contraction of the vision field. Blurring of the vision or beiDg unable to see objects distinctly at a distance. Watering or redness of the eyes or lids, running together of the letters when reading, or seeing the vertical better than the horizontal lines.