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.
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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.
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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. That's why a professional eye examina
tion is recommended once before the child starts to
school and once each year after that.
It's the parents' job to see that their children have a
clear and healthy outlook on the wonderful world around us!
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PIf you take a laxative very often
magnesia, oil, salt or bulk
knowing about new Regutol may
change your whole life.
Here's why: In most people with
bowel irregularity, waste in the
colon dries out and hardens. And
the drier the waste, the more diffi
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In Regutol, medical science pro
vides a way to correct such con
stipation without laxatives.
Regutol's ingredient, dioctyl so
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Tiny, golden Regutol tablets
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Regutol promotes nor
mal, regular elimination '
. . . without unnatural
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It does not irritate the
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It does not upset the
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It contains no laxative
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regularity. ..more surely
and safely than any lax
ative can!
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