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 is frequently an indication of multiple sclerosis , a disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin sheath covering nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in inflammation and nerve damage. Optic neuritis typically resolves initially but often recurs.