Evening star. [volume], June 02, 1937, Page A-7, Image 7

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Eye Doctors Told Liquor and
Nicotine Not Solely
Responsible.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.
A Washington doctor smoked two
packs of cigarettes and drank a quart
of peach brandy—his favorite bev
erage—a day.
By and by he began to note the
progress of a queer disease, retro
bulbar neuritis. He was going blind
In a strange way. He couldn't see out
of the centers of his eyes. When read
ing, a page of type was a jumble of
letters and black spots. He had diffi
culty in recognizing friends when he
looked directly at them. Peripheral
Vision, out of the sides of his eyes,
remained all right.
This is not a rare condition. It
often occurs in men c*.er 40 who are
heavy smokers and drinkers. Both
alcohol and nicotine affect the optic
nerve, or that portion of it behind
the eyeball. About the only thing
to do, the mans physicians advised
him, was to swear off. He already
was in such a condition that he could
not practice his profession.
lanes Aceiarmai sneeze lure.
The doctor retired to a farm in
nearby Maryland and took up gar
dening. But in spite of foreswearing
liquor and tobacco, and the healthy
life in the country, his eyes got no
better. One day he was using lime in
his garden. Somebody told him to
mix kerosene with it in a certain pro
portion.
His eyesight was so poor that he had
to take a handful of the stuff and
bring it right in front of his face to
judge whether it was of the right con
sistency. It got too close and started
it fit of very violent sneezing. The
doctor couldn't stop for half an hour.
From that time on his eyes began to
get better until almost normal vision
was restored and he was able to re
•ume his practice.
This l.iav have been a coincidence.
Dr. George B. Jenkins, professor of
anatomy Rt George Washington Uni
versity, told a group of the country's
leading eye doctors here yesterday, but
on the other hand it may be evidence
that alcohol and nicotine are not
always to be blamed for this queer
blindness. Added to other cases on
record, he said, it supports the thesis
that the optic nerve inflammation may
be due to infection from the sphenoid
sinus, just back of the nose and be
tween the eyes, which seeps through
the very thin bone which divides this
from the grooves through which
branches of the optic nerve run to
each eye.
Abstainers Also Affected.
There is no question, he stressed,
but. that the majority of the cases
are due to liquor and tobacco, but
occasionally they occur in total ab
stainers and non-smokers. Even with
a heavy drinker, it was explained,
alcohol may not be at fault. This
condition is something quite different,
opthalmologists explained, from the
blindness which supposedly often fol
lowed drinking of bad bootleg liquor
during prohibition. In that case the
whole optic nerve was affected and
the end result was total blindness.
These cases have almost disappeared.
The "center blindness” may result
from the best liquor on the market.
Another condition which, Dr. Jen
kins said, often may be due to sinus
Infections, is inflamation and swelling
of the orbit which causes a "pop-eye”
appearance, is extremely painful, leads
eventually to blindness, and often is
accompanied by fever. He told of one
patient at the George Washington
clinic who has been relieved over and
ever again simply by washing out his
Efforts to discover the cause of
vernal conjunctivitis, or Spring ca
tarrh. were described by Dr. Sanford
R. Gifford of Chicago. This is a
special form of rose fever which affects
the conjunctiva, or inner membranes
rf the eyelids, causing almost unen
durable itching and profuse water se
cretion from the eyes.
Radium Comes to Aid.
It is known, he explained, to be an
allergy, probably due to different
kinds of pollen. The ordinary tests
for allergy have not proved successful
and now various pollens are being
dropped directly in the eyes of sensi
tive persons during the Winter. In
this way it is hoped to find the com
monest agent.
Considerable success, he said, Is be
ing obtained by treating these cases
with radium. This results in shrink
age of the tissue so that movements
of the eyelid do not cause so much
Irritation.
Dr. Arthur J. Bedell of Albany told
of the first successful color photo
graphs of the fundus, or back of the
eyeball, which should enable opthal
mologlsts to make a more accurate
and leisurely diagnosis of pathological
conditions. Methods of correcting
aquint eye without surgery were dis
cussed by Dr. Legrand H. Hardy of
New York City.
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of Pleasanton, Iowa, bought 80 acres
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paid Sheriff H. L. McCollum $2,000 in
small bills.
Asked why he carried the money
Instead of writing a check, Cowles
pointed to the last line on an adver
tisement of the sale. It read: “Terms
—Cash in hand.”
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Betrayed by his awkward appearance in riding horseback
with short stirrups, Guy E. Osborne, right, escaped convict was
arrested after the slaying of Truett E. Roice, young Department
of Justice agent, at a farm house 20. miles from Gallup N. Mex.
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Native of Germany Was Em
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I-eo Diegelman, 65, employe of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
since 1917 and a native of Fulda,
Germany, died yesterday at his home,
21* Twelfth street southwest. He had
lived here for 38 years.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30
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a m. Friday at the residence and at
9 a m. in St. Mary's Catholic Chujch,
of whicte he was a member. Burial
will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Mr.
Diegelman was a member of the Holy
Name Society of the church and of
the German-American Benevolent As
sociation.
I Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Kre
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I Gregory. Anna, Mary, Eleanor, Theo
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B> the Associated Press.
GALLUP, N. Mex., June 2.—An ex
convict who attempted flight in un
orthodox style on a horse—out West
where horseback riding has its fine
points—was held in a rickety county
jail today for the slaying of a Federal
agent.
A veteran of the saddle whose eye
was caught by the rider’s buckled
knees, caused by too short stirrup
straps, arrested Guy Osborne, 24, ac
cused Oklahoma auto thief, last night
a few hours after Agent Truett E.
Rowe was shot.
His captor, Police Chief Kelsey Pres
ley, said Osborne resignedly remarked,
"I guess It's all up with me,” after
being Informed of Rowe’s death.
Presley and Rowe earlier had gone
to the ranch home of Osborne's brother
to arrest Guy on auto theft charges.
After the slaying of Rowe Presley at
tempted to bring down the fleeing man,
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"I wish your gun had fired,” Os
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HELPED CREATE BENEFIT FUND
Slain Agent Contributed Toward
$6,340 to Go to His Widow.
A few weeks ago. Special Agent
Truett E. Rowe contributed $10 toward
a death benefit fund raised by the
634 agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for the family of the
next G-man to fall in action on the
crime front.
Today, grim associates of the 33
year-old agent were preparing to mail
to his widow in Texas a check for
*6,340, Including the *10 gift from
Rowe.
Rowe contributed unwittingly to his
own death benefit fund shortly after
the fatal shooting at Topeka Kans.,
last April of Special Agent Wimberly
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