Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1895 — How Many Children Are Blinded [ARTICLE]

How Many Children Are Blinded

It was a surprise to me to> learn that very few children were- borne blind, but that it was usually brought about by carelessness and ignorance. I Children’s eyes are exposed to theI bright light all too soon. Everybody has got to see the baby, and it i» , usually held up in the glare of a sunny window or a light and admired at length. Measles have time and again been the death of eyesight, and also neglected inflammations. I was surSrised to find how many simple lings had resulted in loss of sight. I —{Boston Advertiser.