Eyesight in Schools

ohich vvns being treated in consequence of the erious and marked increase of short sightedness among the pupils at various kinds of schools in the Punjab. This book has been written to explain the cause and dangers of shortsightedness among school-boys, and it has been adopted by the Punjab Text-book Committee. The book begins by giving in as clear language as is possible an account of the eye and of errors of refraction, and other defects of eyesight. A vei}' interesting and useful chapter is given on ocular hygiene, in which the school building, the school rooms, the desks and the lighting are discussed. The information here given, though not new to a medical man, should be carefully studied by school-masters and all others connected with Indian schools. The dangers of badly constructed desks and seats