Eleventh Annual Report Of The National Committee For The Prevention Of Blindness Inc

Excerpt from Eleventh Annual Report of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc: December 1925 An event Of national importance in the prevention Of blindness occurred when the Leslie Dana Medal was awarded to Dr. Edward Jackson, Of Denver, Colorado. This medal is awarded each year for the most outstanding achievements in prevention of blindness and saving sight. The fund for providing the award was established by Mr. Leslie Dana, Of St. Louis, a retiring mem ber Of the Missouri Association for the Blind, as a result of the Missouri Association's experience in administering the Missouri Pension Act and in conducting welfare work for the sightless. The person to receive the medal is selected each year by the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness in co operation with the Missouri Association for the Blind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.