Word: oculist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Professor of Hygiene, who has been in charge of the examinations. Figures compiled at his office show that very few Freshmen have neglected teeth; that 37.2 per cent. wear glasses; that very few have such gross, uncorrected defects of the eye that they need the immediate attention of the oculist; and that 43.6 per cent. have already had their tonsils removed. Only four individuals were found whose tonsils were so obviously diseased that a removal might seem to be desirable...
...more enlightened part of the public, may be regarded as well educated as to the importance of the care of the teeth. Furthermore, only rarely did we find a Freshman who had sufficiently gross uncorrected defects of the eye so that he needed the immediate attention of the oculist. In 1914 we found that 41 per cent of the Freshmen wore glasses, either constantly, for distance, or for near work. This fall we found that 37.2 per cent of the Freshmen wore glasses. In other words, the enlightened part of the public who send their boys to Harvard College...