New England College of Optometry - Scope Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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been making research in this field and who have learned the value o. color ray in eye treatment. The two better known function- ing groups today are the College of Syntonic Optometry in the United States and the Roy- al College of Science in Toronto, Canada. Instruments especially adapted for projecting the visible color lights directly upon and into the eyes have been found strikingly effective in the treatment of cataracts, toxic ambly- opia, subnormal vision, night blindness, color blindness. sensitiveness to light Qphotopho- biaj. strabisnius or cross-eyes. and many other ocular nerve disorders. Chromotherapy has been found particular- ly helpful in cases of over-active nervous hy- pertension, tonic spasm of accommodation, emotional nervousness and hyper-sensitive ness. Because these cases frequently find it impossible to relax completely, it is dillicult for them to accent or tolerate the static ret- inoscopic finding at one meter. After sev- eral relaxing color treatments the patient will usually be able to accept the retinoscop- ic finding with ease. :Xl fl? if PUBLICATIONS CONCERNED XVITH CHROMOTHERAPY l. 'ALights, Colors, Tones and Natures Fin- er Forces , by Ernest Stevens, M.Sc., Ph.D. Dealer: XV. M. Beighton, 431 Clipper St., San Francisco, Calif. QDo not know if avail- able now.j 2. True Chroinotherapy'', by Ernest Stevens Qsame as abovej. Pub. 1938. 3. The Seven Keys to Colour Healing , by Roland Hunt, A.M.I.C.A., Ms.D., Ps.D., Committee Member of Cosmotherapy. Pub- lished by The C. XV. Daniel Co. Ltd.. Ash- ingdon, Rochford, Essex. England, approx- imately l940. Dealer: New Order Studios. 228 McAllister St., San Francisco 2, Calif. 4. How to Cure Eye Diseases TVithout Op- eration , by XVm. Luftig. M. D. Qllerlinj. Published 1939 by the Camelot Press, Ltd., London and Southampton, England. Agents PAGE SIX in Great Britain: The C. YV. Daniel Co. Ltd., 40 Great Russell St., London, XV.C.I. 5. Course in Specific Light Therapy , by Dr. Carl Loeb. Published 1939 by Acti- no Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, Ill. Qno lon- ger in existencej. May find in old libraries. 6. Material on the use of Infra-Red and Ultra-Violet instruments may be secured from Dr. George E. Crosley, Director, Physiother- apy Dept., Munn-Farnsworth Clinic, jones- ville, Wlisc. 7. The Syntonic Principle-Its Relation to Health and Ocular Problems, by Harry Ri- ley Spitler, D.O.S., M.D., M.S.. Ph.D. Pub- lished by College of Syntonic Optometry, Ea- ton, Ohio. Note: No. 4 above by Luftig places emphasis on Nature-Therapy and Color- Therapy. ZUCKERBRAUN TO HEAD SCOPE STAFF Hfith the graduation day rapidly approach- ing, the present long-suffering staff of The Scope will hand over its reins to a com- pletely new regime, headed by Leonard Zuck- erbraun in the ofhce of Editor-in-Chief. Aid- ing and abetting him in his task will be Lew- is Rabinowitz as associate editor and the ed- itor's right hand man. The business managers oflice, certainly a most important post, will be handled by Theodore Goolst. whereas Y'Villiam Myers will move up from the ranks and take charge of the circulation department. The office of advertising manager is ttill open to an aggressive member of the student body. The new staff will have its assignment ahead of it-to keep the publication at the professional and literary level established by the previous staff and to improve on it-if possible. To accomplish this, the Whole- hearted support of the entire student body is solicited for the magazine during the com- ing year.

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Prescribe a contact lens with the cor- CCNTACT LENSES FUD SUBLUXATIO The correction of subluxation has always presented a problem. This is due to the fact that inasmuch as the crystalline lens is partially displaced. the patient sees double. This diplopia is obviously due to the two foci received on the macula as a result of the lens being off center. One image is re- ceived through the pupil where the crystal- line lens is absent and the other image through that section of the pupil where the lens is located. Ol course the creation of the monocular diplopia is dependent upon the refractive error of the eye. It is also conceivable that single vision will be re- tained despite the displaced lens, depending on the amount of the error of refraction. Use of Regular Spectacles Regular spectacles do not answer the purpose for these patients who have monoc- ular diplopia as a result of subluxation. The only time that spectacles help the patient is when one of the two lfoci can be properly corrected. leaving the other focus so diffused that it will not stimulate vision. This can be accomplished by either correcting that section of the eye in which light rays will pass through the pupil without the lens be- ing there. or else. ignoring this element, we correct the eye so that light rays passing through the crystalline lens will come to a focus on the retina. lt has been the practice to proceed with the correction according to judgment in the direction where better vision can be obtain- ed. or greater comfort achieved. ln either case single monocular vision is to be sought. Hle can encounter some of these cases where monocular diplopia cannot be avoided under any circumstances. One of the solu- tions has been to occlude the eye so as to re- tain single vision with the other eye. lRejJri2zlw1 from Ojllical AI0'lll'lZdl-R6Z!i6Zll, August l, 1948. PAGE EIGHT l by L. Lester- Bm-lm-, on., F.A.A.o Having presented the possibilities of treat- ment of subluxation in the past, the theory is now advanced, as born out by logic and experience, that a contact lens can solve the problem without difliculty. There are three ways in which a contact lens can bring about single monocular vision, where otherwise diplopia was a deiinite re- sult: l. Prepare a contact lens which will have two foci, one for the section without the lens and the other for the section where the lens is present. This is not practical. 2. rection for that part of the eye where the lens is absent. That section of the cornea which is symmetric with the location of lens can be made all black, to resemble the pupil and at the same time shut out all light from that section of the eye. 3. Reverse the situation as expressed in the second case, wherein the contact lens cor- neal section can correct the eye according to the optics through the crystalline lens and black out the other portion of the corneal segment. Thus another new use for contact lenses has here been illustrated. just as in kerato- conus, high myopia, aphakia, binocular dis- turbances, here too our primary considera- tion is to help the patient with his visual problem. Removal of Crystallirzc Lens YVe are not unmindful of the fact that the removal of the crystalline lens would elim- inate all these problems, but we must recon- cile ourselves to the realization that surgery is not practical unless the crystalline lens will become hardened as in the formation of a cataract. The procedure here described requires skill of judgment in prescribing and accu- rately marking the area on the semi-finished Contact lens for the purpose of occlusion.