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.
What Is Optic Neuritis? The optic nerve carries visual information from your eye to your brain. Optic neuritis (ON) is when your optic nerve becomes inflamed. ON can flare up suddenly from an infection or nerve disease. The inflammation usually causes temporary vision loss that typically happens in only one eye.