Discussion on the Symptomatology and Causes of So-Called Eye-Strain

" weak eyes," or that his complaint is simply " old age " or " eyestrain," he will, as a rule, be more impressed by your acumen than r ^ if you attempt to enlighten him with any scientific details of the causes of his symptoms. Almost every day one meets with the remark, " I am quite prepared to hear you say it is old age," or, " If you tell me it is just old age I shall be satisfied." This is partly, no doubt, due to the spirit of resignation so common in old people, partly, too, to the sufficiently well-known fact that with old age comes an optical defect with more or less attendant discomfort. Still, even when there is something more serious, something not necessarily a concomitant of old age, many people will be more satisfied with the diagnosis " old age " than with such a diagnosis as, say, central choroido-retinitis.