Word: oculist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sebastian Spering Kresge does not sell eyeglasses. He used to sell them to thrifty persons who, consulting neither oculist nor optician, sought to remedy faulty vision with selections from Kresge counters. Last week, however, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that an S. S. Kresge store in Boston, in selling eyeglasses, was "invading a field rightly sequestered ... to those possessing special training in a specified department of treatment of human ills...
...royal car. The Rome train luxe backed in, and the car was coupled on. Next day His Majesty King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy entertained in state at Rome Princess Elena and Crown Prince Mihail. Two days later the royal visitors proceeded to Florence. There Princess Elena consulted her oculist; for, beautiful though she is, she is said to be losing her eyesight. Through a lady-in-waiting Princess Elena intimated her plans to the press: "Her Royal Highness declares absolutely false all rumors to the effect that she will meet the abdicated Crown Prince Carol while on her present trip...
Divorced. Sir Richard Robert Cruise, oculist to His Majesty George V; from Lady Margery Barbara Cruise. Sir Guy Daunt, retired admiral and onetime M. P. was named as corespondent...
...claim it to be?that is as romantic as fiction. It is impossible to give away the plot, because there is nothing that could really be called a plot. But there are plenty of interesting adventures and extraordinary characters and one can recommend this story (which begins in an oculist's office with a pair of near-sighted eyes) to anybody?which means everybody?who has ever cherished a secret ambition to become a hobo...
...given an exhaustive examination that brings to light every possible defect. In addition to this examination, Bertillion measurements and finger prints are taken so that each man is perpetually classified. If any of the defects can be remedied the patient is immediately placed under the charge of an oculist, dentist or physician who are in constant attendance...