Thread: HOW COULD A SEA VOYAGE IMPROVE FAILING VISION?
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Default HOW COULD A SEA VOYAGE IMPROVE FAILING VISION?
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:21:00 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:03:15 +1000, OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:39:07 -0700 (PDT), "
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I have read that Richard H. Dana, author of "Two Years Before the
Mast," was stircken with measles which negatively affected his
vision.
Doctors suggesed a sea voyage might improve his vision.
Do any of you have an idea as to HOW such a voyage might improve
vision?
Thanks to anyone who helps.

If it did anything, my guess is that getting away from close work and
out into the environment would exercise the eye muscles with
constantly shifting focus......



That would have been my guess. Either that, or the doctor thought him a nusiance
and simply wanted to get rid of him for a long stretch!

That's a thought :-)




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