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Show B.A. BROUGHTON #1 PAGE 13 not on the reservation and adjacent areas. Some of them come from Bluff, some from Mexican Hat, Red Mesa, and near Farmington, and over around--some of them come from around Navajo Mountain, and just scattered a}l around. Anywhere--Hatch Trading Post. You name it. They're from almost all of the places around. SG: Have you noticed any special problems that they have, as opposed to the citizens of Moab? BB: Well, seems--seems that several have had the disease known as glaucoma, which destroys the cornea, especially if it's not taken care of in time. Fortunately, during the last two years, there has been a significant decrease in glaucoma due to the use of sulphur drugs, not necessarily for the treatment of glaucoma, but for other diseases, systemic(?) disorders and so on. And in turn, why, it certainly has done a lot to combat this particular disease. And lately, this last year or two, I've seen very few cases--new cases of glaucoma. In some of the older ones it certainly has left its scars, but it's very seldom that I see a young Indian with this disease any more. And as far as optical corrections are concerned, it seems there are more of them that need stronger lenses than the average white person, for what reason I don't know. This is particularly true in the category of astigmatism. A lot of them have very , very large astigmatisms in their eyes, and it makes for |
