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July 21, 1889
The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
Emory S. Foster argues that eye overstrain from reading and work causes most sleeplessness via optic nerve effects, offering an ice-cloth remedy that induces sleep rapidly.
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Abuse of the Eye.
Emory S. Foster, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The abuse of the eye is the crime of the age. I am prepared to demonstrate that at least nine-tenths of the prevailing sleeplessness of which we hear so much is due to nervousness directly traceable to the optic nerve. We are wearing our eyes over books, and desks, and types, and the effect shows itself not only in the appearance of the organ itself, but in its retroactive effect on nerve and brain. I have discovered a remedy for sleeplessness, and for the reason that I have never known it to fail I am fortified in my opinion that the whole trouble arises from overstrain of the eyes. Take a soft cloth—say a piece of napped towel—and fold in it two small pieces of ice at a proper distance apart to exactly cover the eyes when the cloth is laid across them. Then lie down, adjust the cloth with the ice over the closed eyes, and you will be asleep in a very short while.
Emory S. Foster, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The abuse of the eye is the crime of the age. I am prepared to demonstrate that at least nine-tenths of the prevailing sleeplessness of which we hear so much is due to nervousness directly traceable to the optic nerve. We are wearing our eyes over books, and desks, and types, and the effect shows itself not only in the appearance of the organ itself, but in its retroactive effect on nerve and brain. I have discovered a remedy for sleeplessness, and for the reason that I have never known it to fail I am fortified in my opinion that the whole trouble arises from overstrain of the eyes. Take a soft cloth—say a piece of napped towel—and fold in it two small pieces of ice at a proper distance apart to exactly cover the eyes when the cloth is laid across them. Then lie down, adjust the cloth with the ice over the closed eyes, and you will be asleep in a very short while.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Eye Abuse
Sleeplessness
Optic Nerve
Eye Strain
Ice Remedy
What entities or persons were involved?
Emory S. Foster
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Key Persons
Emory S. Foster
Story Details
Eye abuse causes most sleeplessness due to optic nerve strain from reading and work; remedy is applying ice wrapped in cloth over closed eyes to induce sleep quickly.