Year: 1893
Type: article
Abstract: To devise means by which the number of the unfortunate who people our blind asylums may be lessened, is a noble aim; the prevention of blindess is a question which interests the humanitarian and the political economist alike, for the ever increasing number of blind people is a living burden upon the State, and as there are always people who see in legislation a panacea for all evils it is not astonishing that the legislative machinery has lately been set into motion against the evil of blindness. Statistics show that one-third of the inmates of the blind asylums have lost their sight by blennorrhœal ophthalmia in infancy while, on the other hand, the oculists maintain that if this disease is seen and properly treated at the outset, the eyes can be saved in almost every instance, the law makers concluded that if all cases of ophthalmia in the new-born could
Source: JAMA
Author: L Howe
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1692431594