Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1912 — Moon Blindness. [ARTICLE]

Moon Blindness.

A naval correspondent has written from Port of Spain, Trinidad, stating that in his travels he had come across many cases of moon blindness, caused by men sleeping with the moon shining upon them, such cases occurring principally In the tropics and the Mediterranean. Strange to say, adds the Trinidad correspondent, men so affected can see in daylight, but cannot do so when dusk sets In. Mr. Elgie further quotes from a communication made by a New Zealand correspondent to a weekly scientific journal. This - correspondent was, many years_ago. the Liverpool ship Langdale, an East India trader. Once when the ship was between St. Helena and the line some of the crew slept on deck fully exposed to the glare of the brilliant moon. When they awoke, three qf them were quite moon blind. They had to be led abont at night, and ropes put into their hands.