Word: oculist
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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...
Between Mr. Hearst, Mr. Wells, and Mrs. Sheridan's edition of Kipling, it is to be regretted that America has not a similar service of enlightenment. Our own motes need tending, if we can find the oculist...
...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...