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USE YOUR OWN EYES
A downloadable e-book (PDF) version and a rare hardcover edition of this book is available at the Bates Method Store.
"This book is dedicated to the memory of W.H. Bates, M.D. It was his discovery, and his lifework, that founded and established the system which can prevent the impending degeneration of the eyes of civilized humans. His genius and his fine courage made it possible for him to bequeath this magnificent gift to the race."
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Problem
Chapter 2 - The Background
Chapter 3 - The Cause
Chapter 4 - The Psychology of Spectacles
Chapter 5 - To Be Or Not To Be
Chapter 6 - The Psychology of the Eye
Chapter 7 - The Eye Itself
Chapter 8 - Accommodation
Chapter 9 - Eyestrain
Chapter 10 - The Mechanism Of Vision
Chapter 11 - The Warrant for the Work
Chapter 12 - Some Cases That Illustrate
Chapter 13 - First Principles of Cure
Chapter 14 - The Case for the Children
Chapter 15 - The Sun and the Eye
Chapter 16 - Palming
Chapter 17 - Central Fixation
Chapter 18 - Shifting the Central Fixation
Chapter 19 - Swinging to Relax
Chapter 20 - How Memory Helps Vision
Chapter 21 - How Imagination Helps Vision
Chapter 22 - The Snellen Test Card
Chapter 23 - Relaxation
Chapter 24 - Illusions of Vision
Chapter 25 - Techniques
Chapter 26 - Astigmatism
Chapter 27 - Presbyopia
Chapter 28 - Myopia and Hyperopia
Chapter 29 - Strabismus
Chapter 30 - Cataract
Chapter 31 - Some Other Conditions
Chapter 32 - Conclusion
Chapter 1 - The Problem
Chapter 2 - The Background
Chapter 3 - The Cause
Chapter 4 - The Psychology of Spectacles
Chapter 5 - To Be Or Not To Be
Chapter 6 - The Psychology of the Eye
Chapter 7 - The Eye Itself
Chapter 8 - Accommodation
Chapter 9 - Eyestrain
Chapter 10 - The Mechanism Of Vision
Chapter 11 - The Warrant for the Work
Chapter 12 - Some Cases That Illustrate
Chapter 13 - First Principles of Cure
Chapter 14 - The Case for the Children
Chapter 15 - The Sun and the Eye
Chapter 16 - Palming
Chapter 17 - Central Fixation
Chapter 18 - Shifting the Central Fixation
Chapter 19 - Swinging to Relax
Chapter 20 - How Memory Helps Vision
Chapter 21 - How Imagination Helps Vision
Chapter 22 - The Snellen Test Card
Chapter 23 - Relaxation
Chapter 24 - Illusions of Vision
Chapter 25 - Techniques
Chapter 26 - Astigmatism
Chapter 27 - Presbyopia
Chapter 28 - Myopia and Hyperopia
Chapter 29 - Strabismus
Chapter 30 - Cataract
Chapter 31 - Some Other Conditions
Chapter 32 - Conclusion