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Today marks the opening in New York of the Sight Saving Conference of the National Society for the Pre vention of Blindness and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology. The conference focuses attention on the stake each of us has in preventing blindness. PL AFTER 12 YEARS' MEDICAL RESEARCH -A WAY TO Correct constipation without laxatives ! iT 14, bobby Potter had success written all over his freckled face. He was an honor student, president of his high-school class, led the debating team, was active in several sports, and had lots of friends. I 1 ' 1,ViM - 4 ' Then something happened, something so strange not even his parents could understand it. For no apparent reason, Bobby grew irritable, short tempered, and sullen. His grades began to slip, and when he failed English, his favorite subject, his parents knew something had to be done. They decided to start with a thorough physical examina tion. That examination revealed the source of all the trouble- the boy was hyperopic, or farsighted. Seeing near objects had become difficult for him. Fear ful that having to wear glasses would put an end to his athletics and other interests, Bobby had borne his secret and his frequent headaches alone. Fortunately, this story ends happily, with the prescrip tion of corrective glasses with shatterproof plastic lenses. Bobby's books are clear again, and his baseball is as much fun as ever. But unfortunately, this case is not typical. The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness estimates that at least one in four of America's school children over eight million need eye care! Unlike Bobby, many will not receive this care in time. A few will become blind; others will go through life with psychological, educational, and social handicaps which could have been avoided. If your child is not behaving normally, he may be having trouble with his vision. These are some warning signals: The youngster suffers headache, nervousness or irrita bility; his eyes look red, swollen, or watery; he tries to "brush away" blurs, rubs his eyes, blinks, or squints; he stumbles over small objects, seems abnormally sensitive to light, or holds his book too close or too far away. During early childhood, as the young body grows and changes, the child's eyes also are growing and changing. Because of these changes, a single eye examination is not likely to be enough. Your child may have normal vision this year and need glasses next year. Like Bobby Potter, the child whose report card shows reading deficiencies may be going through a period in which he confuses similarly shaped letters for instance, o for a, e for c, and n for m. Knowing the symptoms of eye trouble is valuable, but even these don't always provide a clear indication of oncoming disease. 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