He founded the first public library and fire department. It is impossible to talk of the American Revolutionary War without mentioning George Washington or Benjamin Franklin as both were indispensable to the cause of liberty and the new republic. When Benjamin was 15 years old his brother James founded the New England Courant. 2  The New England Courant was the first independent newspaper in the colonies and would have a profound effect on Benjamin.
1 Optic neuritis is frequently associated with multiple sclerosis. 2  Other causes include infections, autoimmune disease, and injury to the optic nerve. 3  The symptoms of optic neuritis include vision loss, reduced color vision, and pain on movement of the eye with recovery over weeks to a month, in most cases. Other causes include infections, autoimmune disease, and injury to the optic nerve. 2  The symptoms of optic neuritis include vision loss, reduced color vision, and pain on movement of the eye with recovery over weeks to a month, in most cases.
Optic neuritis (ON) is a condition in which your optic nerve (the nerve that carries visual information from your eye to your brain) becomes inflamed. Inflammation causes vision lossâalthough usually in only one eye. As you recover and the inflammation goes away, your vision may return.he three most common symptoms of optic neuritis are: 1  vision loss in one eyeâcan vary from mild to severe and progresses for seven to 10 days. 2  periocular pain (pain around the eye, often worsened by eye movements). 3  dyschromatopsia (disorder of color vision).