Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1907 — Tired Eyes. [ARTICLE]

Tired Eyes.

People speak about their eyes being tired, meaning that the retina or seeing portion of the eye is fatigued, but such is not the case, as the retina hardly ever gets tired. The fatigue Is In the inner and outer muscles attached to the eyeball and the muscle of accommodation which surrounds the lens of the eye. When a near object is to be looked at this muscle relaxes andallows the lens to thicken. Increasing its refractive power. The inner and outei\muscles are used in covering the eye on the object to be looked at, the inner one beipg ‘especially used when a near object Is looked at. It is in the three muscles mentioned that the fatigue is felt, and relief Is secured temporarily by closing the eyes or gazing at far distant objects. The usual indication of strain is a redness of the rim of the eyelid, betokening a congested state of the inner surface, accompanied by some pain. Sometimes this weariness indicates the need of glasses rightly adapted to the person, and in other'cases the true remedy is to massage the eye and its surroundings as far as may be with the hand wet in cold water.