Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. Bates

by William H. Bates, Thomas R. Quackenbush (Editor)

Artists, 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.

736 pages, Paperback

First published December 14, 2000

About the author

William Horatio Bates was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates Method for better eyesight,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

See also W.H. Bates and William Horatio Bates

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Reviews

[Brad Belschner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Basically a compilation of dusty old magazines from 1919-1930, mostly filled with weird anecdotes about improving vision. Pretty useless. Quackenbush's book, "Relearning to See" is better.