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The Midland Journal
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland
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Automobile riders suffer from conjunctivitis due to dust and rapid motion irritating eyes, causing redness, soreness, and discharge. Goggles offer partial prevention, but cases persist; non-riders spared this affliction.
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Inflammation Caused by Rapid Passage Through Dusty Roadways.
It has been noticed that those who ride much in automobiles are subject to inflammation of the outer coat of the eye, known as the conjunctiva. This form of inflammation is called conjunctivitis, says Medical Talk for the Home.
It produces a redness and soreness of the inner side of the lids, both upper and under, and on the white part of the eye ball. A watery discharge occurs, the veins are enlarged, and other disagreeable symptoms of sore eyes are present.
It is caused by the rapid passage which hurls the particles of dust in the air with great force against the eyes, as well as cooling and drying the eye unnaturally by the rapid motion.
Wearing goggles in a measure will operate as a preventive. But in spite of this precaution many cases of automobile sore eyes do occur.
Those who have been in the habit of indulging themselves in envy because they could not afford to ride in automobiles can at least have the consolation that they are not liable to be afflicted with automobile conjunctivitis.
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produces redness and soreness of the inner side of the lids and white part of the eye ball, watery discharge, enlarged veins, and other disagreeable symptoms of sore eyes; preventable in a measure by wearing goggles but many cases still occur.
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Those who ride much in automobiles are subject to inflammation of the outer coat of the eye known as the conjunctiva, called conjunctivitis; caused by rapid passage hurling particles of dust in the air with great force against the eyes as well as cooling and drying the eye unnaturally by the rapid motion.