Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re: eyeglass wearing, I believe it has a great deal to do with reading a lot in the earlier years. Looking at things close up for hours on end seems to cause eyestrain, while doing a lot of long-distance viewing is less stressful on the eye. A large majority of orthodox Jews _- who spend much of their time studying texts in smallish print -- wear eyeglasses. Very few Inuit -- who look at things in the distance much of the time -- wear eyeglasses and, indeed, have remarkable eyesight. With the introduction of television and, more recently, the computer, this is changing. Emanuel