Prevent Blindness PSA - 1960's National Society For The Prevention of Blindness

Genre: public service announcement

Description: Woman: My eyes were failing me and I had to have the glasses changed frequently. Man: They sent me for an eye exam after the other physical part of the examination was over and they discovered I had glaucoma. Woman: But that didn't bother me then until I went home and looked it up in the medical book. [laughs] And I didn't like... I didn't like what I read. Woman 2: Well, I was pretty scared about it because I knew that it would cause blindness eventually or at least I thought it would. Man 2: I was told to go see an ophthalmologist - he put me on eyedrops three times a day. Man 3: The alternative would be blindness and a drop a day is not too much to ask to see the sunshine. [voice-over] These people know that half of all blindness is preventable. Do you? For Information write this address: PREVENT BLINDNESS Box 426 New York, N.Y. 10019 National Society for the prevention of blindness, Inc. ffn020-psas-1968-14

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my eyes were failing me like and I had to have the glasses changed quite frequently they something for an eye exam after the other physical part the examination was over and they discovered I had glaucoma well that didn't bother me then until I went home and looked it up in the medical book and I didn't like I didn't like go ahead well I was pretty scared about it because I knew it would cause blindness eventually at least I thought it would I was told to go see an ophthalmologist he put me on eyedrops three times a day the alternative would be blindness and a drop a day in each eye is not too much to ask to be able to see the sunshine these people know that half of all blindness is preventable do you for information write this address

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