Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. BatesArtists, teachers, army officers, housewives, elderly people, parents, and children with vision problems write about their experiences with the Bates Method and giving up their glasses in Better Eyesight. Major eye conditions (myopia, astigmaticsm, farsightedness, presbyopia, amblyopia, strabismus, cataract, gluacome, blindness) are discussed by Bates, other opthalmologists, the medical community, and readers. The significance of this literature is both historical and immediate. For the first time, the connection between eyestrain to shoulder and neck pain, headaches, and other muscular tension is discussed. |
Contents
Introduction | 33 |
WHAT GLASSES DO TO | 89 |
Better Eyesight June 1921 Vol IV No 6 | 110 |
THE VICE OF CONCENTRATION | 116 |
AN ARTISTS EXPERIENCE WITH CENTRAL | 130 |
114 | 136 |
Better Eyesight August 1921 Vol V No 2 120 | 142 |
126 | 149 |
Better Eyesight February 1926 Vol X No 84 | 400 |
IMAGINATION | 406 |
408 | 424 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 467 |
Better Eyesight October 1926 Vol XI No 4 | 475 |
ITS CAUSE AND CURE | 495 |
STRAIN AND MEMORY | 590 |
SINBAD THE SAILOR | 599 |
Better Eyesight March 1922 Vol VI No 3 | 151 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 167 |
THE MINISTER | 180 |
185 | 209 |
194 | 217 |
Better Eyesight August 1923 Vol VIII No 2 | 225 |
Imagination | 231 |
253 | 237 |
300 | 280 |
SCHOOL NUMBER | 363 |
Better Eyesight August 1929 Vol XIV No 2 | 609 |
STORIES FROM THE CLINIC | 626 |
Better Eyesight April 1930 Vol XIV No 10 | 640 |
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Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. Bates William H. Bates No preview available - 2000 |
Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. Bates William H. Bates No preview available - 2000 |
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