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Word: ocular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...begin with it should be pointed out that even Harvard indifference will melt before the eye-filling chorines and showgirls. To a reviewer accustomed to nothing more startling than Radcliffe citizens and Vincent Club members the girls were indeed an ocular tonic. Tall and willowy, each was a tribute to Mr. Brown's excellent taste in such matters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 6/22/1939 | See Source »

...state line, and provides the romantic element. However, our Bob has learned to put business before pleasure and it is only after he has settled accounts with Beery that he succumbs to the charms of Susan. Seasoned as it is with occasional gun-play, the film makes a digestible ocular meal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

This at first may sound a little far-fetched, but think it over, and you will see that there is no reason why the oral sense can't be developed just as fully as the ocular--why judgment by sound isn't just as good as by sight. Naturally it takes a very keen ear and a certain natural sense of psychology to do this, but Templeton can and does...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 4/21/1939 | See Source »

...been successful in isolating the specific eye principle, has used only small injections of diluted complete venom, or mixtures of various types of venom. Injection of venom under the conjunctiva (delicate membrane covering the eyeball) has relieved severe pain arising from inflammation of the cornea, stopped bleeding from ocular diseases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: O & O | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Doing research on the possibility of assisting persons to recover from glare blindness, Dr. DeSilva wishes to test for glare sensitivity, night blindness, and look for any signs of ocular disease. Should it prove desirable, the Bureau will prescribe a treatment for the student and determine its effectiveness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IF HEADLIGHT GLARE BLINDS DESILVA MAY CURE YOUR ILL | 2/17/1937 | See Source »

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