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  1. ... to the point where you can't see well enough to read, it may be helpful to learn Braille while you are still able to see. People with vision worse than 20/200, with glasses or contact lenses, are considered legally blind in most states in ...
  2. ... a halo around lights.</li> <li>Not being able to see well at night</li> ... anti-glare sunglasses or magnifying lenses can help at first. Surgery is also an ...
  3. ... it unpleasant, they may stop wearing them. Monovision contact lenses affect ... the “near” eye to see clearly when looking at things that are further ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Eye defects : how to detect and correct them 
    Publication: New York : Spencer Optical Mfg. Co., [1898?]
    ... manifest hyper- metropia ; so that the eye is able to see well at a distance either with or without glasses. Field of vision—the space in which objects can be perceived. Franklin glasses—(see bifocals.) Glasses for far-sight ; the strongest lenses with which the person has just as good ...
  5. ... accommodation. Such persons complain that they can read well enough for a time, but soon fail to be able to see distinctly. This kind of weak sight should always lead to examination of the eyes by an oculist, to see if glasses are needed; otherwise severe neuralgic pains about the ...
  6. ... VISION FROM TANKS. The tactical advantage of being able to see well enough to fight at night is considerable. There are ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Human physiology for the use of elementary schools 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854
    ... grows flatter by age, they at length are able to see well, without glasses of any kind. This change in the shape of the eye is often denoted by a tendency to hold a book at a greater ... of light, which it is not able to do for itself. By adapting glasses to ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Homoeopathic ophthalmic practice : a systematic treatise on diseases of the eye for the use ... 
    Publication: Detroit : Published by Edwin Albert Lodge, American observer office, 1878
    ... quence of these changes, the patient may be able to see well enough in a direct line during the day, or ...
  9. ... This condition is called presbyopia . Reading glasses, bifocal glasses, or contact lenses can help correct presbyopia. You may be less able to tolerate glare. For example, glare from a ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - A treatise on the diseases of the eye 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Blanchard and Lea, 1854
    ... was at an advanced age, laid aside his glasses, and was able to read and see perfectly well without them.] 42 658 near-sightedness. of concave glasses, and the frequent and long-continued observation of ...
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