Dr Bates' Theory

" Perfect Sight Without Glasses "...that's the bold statement that this website at http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/ is touting ( equally bold as this blog title of mine!).

From it's description on the homepage, the content in this website is taken from the book of the same title written by Dr William Horatio Bates (1860-1931), author of this book.

Chapter 1 started off with this headline "THE CURE OF IMPERFECT SIGHT BY TREATMENT WITHOUT GLASSES"...

However, it is not without justification, as they have committed 32 lenghty chapters to substantiating & supporting this statement , quoting findings & reasonings that's dated as far back as early nineteen century eg. 1905.

It is apparently centred around this fundamental principle :

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 eyes and flashing of the letters for a time, and you may soon find that you can keep your eyes open longer than a fraction of a second without losing the improved vision.

If your trouble is with distant instead of near vision, use the same method with distant letters.

In this way you can demonstrate for yourself the fundamental principle of the cure of imperfect sight by treatment without glasses.

( Taken from http://www.i-see.org/perfect_sight/front.html )

Who exactly was Dr Wiliam Horatio Bates?

Dr Bates was a respected American Ophthalmologist who practised mainly in New York and worked in a number of important teaching hospitals.

He noticed that the vision of many of his patients was extremely variable and realised that this meant it could be improved.

He later gave up his orthodox practice in order to devote his life to discovering, then showing others, how long sight, short sight and astigmatism could be prevented and improved in children and adults without the use of glasses.


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