{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 348/1923-01-20/p024","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Now, you see, the optic nerves are such that when the head is viewed from above, they proceed back from the eyes. They cross in the brain, the two optic nerves, and continue on to the hindbrain. The optic nerves must be in good condition if we are to see well, because we see with both eyes. The moment these optic nerves that cross are not working properly, we see double. The optic nerves only need to be a little numbed and the crossing not made properly for us to see double. You know how a person who enjoys drinking can tell whether or not he is still functioning when he gets home: he places his hat at the foot of the bed, gets in bed, and if he sees one hat he is still all right, but if he sees two, he is not! This is easily done. So, because the blood circulates too fast, too much alcohol numbs the optic nerves, with the result that a person who has drunk too much has double vision.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VI. Diphtheria and Influenza—Crossed Eyes","site_heading":null,"date":"1923-01-20","location":null,"word_count":177,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/348/1923-01-20/p024","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maria St. Goar","identified_edition":"AP1983","book_title":"Health and Illness, Volume II","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA348/English/AP1983/19230120p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Also die Sehnerven brauchen nur ein bißchen gelähmt zu sein und nicht ordentlich eine Kreuzung auszuüben, so sehen wir doppelt. — Sie wissen ja, wie einer, der gerne etwas trinkt, unterscheiden kann, wenn er nach Hause kommt, ob er noch imstande ist oder nicht: er legt sich ins Bett, legt seinen Hut auf die Bettdecke; wenn er den Hut einfach sieht, ist er noch in Ordnung, wenn er ihn doppelt sieht, ist er nicht mehr in Ordnung! 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