tion>William Horatio Bates
Perfect Sight Without Glasses
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066453718
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 - Simultaneous Retinoscopy
Chapter 3 - Evidence for the accepted theory of accommodation
Chapter 6 - The truth about accommodation as demonstrated by clinical observations
Chapter 7 - The variability of the refraction of the eye
Chapter 8 - What glasses do to us
Chapter 9 - The cause and cure of errors of refraction
Chapter 13 - Memory as an aid to vision
Chapter 14 - Imagination as an aid to vision
Chapter 15 - Shifting and swinging
Chapter 16 - The illusions of imperfect and of normal sight
Chapter 17 - Vision under adverse conditions a benefit to the eyes
Chapter 18 - Optimums and pessimums
Chapter 19 - The relief of pain and other symptoms by the aid of the memory
Chapter 20 - Presbyopia: Its cause and cure
Chapter 21 - Squint and amblyopia: their cause
Chapter 22 - Squint and amblyopia: their cure
Chapter 23 - Floating specks: their cause and cure
Chapter 25 - Correspondence treatment
Chapter 26 - The prevention of myopia in schools: Methods that failed
Chapter 28 - The story of Emily
Chapter 30 - Normal sight and the relief of pain for soldiers and sailors
Chapter 31 - Letters from patients
Chapter 32 - Reason and authority
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
Do you read imperfectly? Can you observe then that when you look at the first word, or the first letter, of a sentence you do not see best where you are looking; that you see other words, or other letters, just as well as or better than the one you are looking at? Do you observe also that the harder you try to see the worse you see?
Now close your eyes and rest them, remembering some color, like black or white, that you can remember perfectly. Keep them closed until they feel rested, or until the feeling of strain has been completely relieved. Now open them and look at the first word or letter of a sentence for a fraction of a second. If you have been able to relax, partially or completely, you will have a flash of improved or clear vision, and the area seen best will be smaller.
After opening the eyes for this fraction of a second, close them again quickly, still remembering the color, and keep them closed until they again feel rested. Then again open them for a fraction of a second. Continue this alternate resting of the
