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BETTER EYESIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES

HOME TREATMENT

IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO A COMPETENT PHYSICIAN FOR RELIEF. AS THE METHOD OF TREATING EYE DEFECTS PRESENTED HERE COMPARATIVELY NEW, IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A PHYSICIAN  IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO UNDERSTANDS IT, AND A PERSON MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE EXPENSE OF A LONG JOURNEY OR TAKE THE TIME FOR TREATMENT AWAY FROM HOME. TO SUCH I WISH TO SAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO CORRECT DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT WITHOUT THE AID EITHER OF A PHYSICIAN OR OF ANYONE ELSE. THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR OWN SIGHT, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE IT IS NOT EVEN NECESSARY THAT THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND ALL THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN HERE, ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IS TO FOLLOW A FEW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS.

PLACE A TEST CARD ON THE WALL AT A DISTANCE OF TEN, FOURTEEN OR TWENTY FEET, AND DEVOTE HALF OF MINUTE A DAY, OR LONGER, TO READING THE SMALLEST LETTERS YOU CAN SEE, WITH EACH EYE SEPERATELY, COVERING THE OTHER WITH THE PALM OF THE HAND IN SUCH A WAY AS TO AVOID TOUGHING THE EYEBALL. KEEP A RECORD OF THE PROGRES MADE WITH THE DATES. THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DO THIS IS BY THE METHOD USED BY OCULISTS, WHO RECORD THE VISION IN THE FORM OF A FRACTION, WITH THE DISTANCE AT WHICH THE LETTER IS READ AS THE NUMERATOR AND THE DISTANCE AT WHICH IT OUGHT TO BE READ AS THE DEMNOMINATOR.

THE FIGURES ABOVE OR TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINES OF LETTERS ON THE  TEST CARD INDICATE THE DISTANCE AT WHICH THESE LETTERS SHOULD BE READ BY PERSONS WITH NORMAL EYESIGHT. THUS A VISION OF 10/200 WOULD MEAN THAT THE BIG C, WHICH ON A STANDARD -SIZE CHART OUGHT TO BE RAD AT TWO HUNDRED FEET,CANNOT BE SEEN AT A GREATER DISTANCE THAN TEN FEET. A VISION OF 20/10 WOULD MEAN THAT THE TEN LINE, WHICH THE NORMAL EYE IS NOT ORDINARILY EXPECTED TO READ AT A GREATER DISTANCE THAN TEN FEET, IS SEEN AT TWICE THAT DISTANCE. THIS IS A STANDARD COMMONLY ATTAINED BY PERSONS WHO HAVE PRACTISED THE METHODS.

ANOTHER AND AN EVEN BETTER WAY TO TEST THE SIGHT IS TO COMPARE THE BLACKNESS OF THE LETTER AT THE NEAR POINT AND AT A DISTANCE, IN A DIM LIGHT AND IN A GOOD ONE. WITH PERFECT SIGHT, AS EXPLAINED, BLACK IS NOT ALTERED BY ILLUMINATION OR DISTANCE. IT APPEARS JUST AS BLACK AT THE DISTANCE AS AT THE NEAR POINT, AND JUST AS BLACK IN A DIM LIGHT AS IN A GOOD ONE. IF IT DOES NOT APPEAR EQUALLY BLACK TO YOU UNDER ALL THESE CONDITIONS, THEREFORE, YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOUR SIGHT IS IMPERFECT.

CHILDREN UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE NOT WORN GLASSES CAN USUALLY CORRECT DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT BY THE ABOVE METHOD IN THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, OR A YEAR. ADULTS WHO HAVE NEVER WORN GLASSES ARE BENEFITED IN A VERY SHORT TIME-A WEEK OR TWO-AND IF THE TROUBLE IS NOT VERY BAD, IT MAY BE REMOVED IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. CHILDREN OR ADULTS WHO HAVE WORN GLASSES, HOWEVER, ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO RELEIVE, AND THEY USUALLY HAVE TO PRACTICE THE METHODS OF GAINING RELAXATION DESCRIBED YOU LATER. THEY ALSO HAVE TO DEVOTE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO THE TREATMENT.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT THE GLASSES BE DISCARDED. NO HALFWAY MEASURES CAN BE TOLERATED, IF COMPLETE RELIEF IS DESIRED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WEAR WEAKER GLASSES, AND DO NOT WEAR GLASSES FOR EMERGENCIES. PERSONS WHO ARE UNABLE TO DO WITHOUT GLASSES FOR ALL PURPOSES ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO CURE THEMSELVES.

CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE WORN GLASSES WILL HAVE TO DEVOTE AN HOUR OR LONGER EVERY DAY TO PRACTISE WITH THE TEST CARD, AND ADDITIONAL TIME TO PRACTISE ON OTHER OBJECTS. IT IS WELL TO HAVE TWO TEST CARDS, ONE TO BE USED AT THE NEAR-POINT, WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN BEST, AND THE OTHER AT TEN OR TWENTY FEET. IT WILL BE FOUND VERY HELPFUL TO SHIFT FROM THE NEAR CARD TO THE DISTANT ONE, AS THE UNCONSCIOUS MEMORY OF THE LETTERS SEEN AT THE NEAR-POINT HELPS TO BRING OUT THOSE SEEN AT THE DISTANCE.

IF YOU CAN SECURE THE AID OF SOME PERSON WITH NORMAL SIGHT, IT WILL BE GREAT ADVANTAGE. IF FACT, PERSONS WHOSE CASES ARE OBSTINATE WILL FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO CURE THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE AID OF A TEACHER. THE TEACHER, IF HE IS TO BE OF HELP, MUST HIMSELF BE ABLE TO DERIVE BENEFIT FROM THE VARIOUS METHODS RECOMMENDED. IF HIS VISION IS 10/10, HE MUST BE ABLE TO IMPROVE IT TO 20/10, OR MORE. IF HE CAN READ FINE PRINT AT TWELVE INCHES, HE MUST BECOME ABLE TO READ IT AT SIX, OR AT THREE INCHES. HE MUST ALSO HAVE SUFFICIENT CONTROL OVER HIS VISUAL MEMORY TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT PAIN. A PERSON WHO HAS DEFECTIVE SIGHT, EITHER FOR THE DISTANCE OR FOR THE NEAR-POINT, WILL BE UNABLE TO BE OF ANY MATERIAL ASSISTANCE IN OBSTINATE CASES, AND NO ONE CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY METHOD WHICH HE HIMSELF HAS NOT USED SUCCESSFULLY.

PARENTS WHO WISH TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE EYE-SIGHT OF THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ THE TEST CARD EVERYDAY. THERE SHOULD BE A TEST CARD IN EVERY FAMILY, IN FACT, FOR WHEN PROPERLY USED IT ALWAYS PREVENTS MYOPIA AND OTHER ERRORS OF REFRACTION, ALWAYS IMPROVES THE VISION, EVEN WHEN THIS IS ALREADY NORMAL, AND ALWAYS BENEFITS FUNCTIONAL NERVOUS TROUBLES, SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN MAY NOT IMITATE WRONG METHODS OF USING THE EYES AND WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE INFLUENCE OF AN ATMOSPHERE OF STRAIN. THEY SHOULD ALSO LEARN THE PRINCIPLES OF CENTRAL FIXATION IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY TEACH THEM TO THEIR CHILDREN.

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BETTER EYE SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES

TREATMENT IN SCHOOLS – METHOD THAT SUCCEEDED

TO REPEAT A VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE: YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING WITH PERFECT SIGHT UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE. WHEN THE EYE LOOKS AT AN UNFAMILIAR OBJECT IT ALWAYS STRAINS MORE OR LESS TO SEE THAT OBJECT, AND AN ERROR OF REFRACTION IS ALWAYS PROCEED. WHEN CHILDREN LOOK AT UNFAMILIAR WRITING OR FIGURES ON THE BLACKBOARD, DISTANT MAPS, DIAGRAMS, OR PICTURES, THE RETINOSCOPE ALWAYS SHOWS THAT THEY ARE MYOPIC, THOUGHT THEIR VISION MAY BE ABSOLUTELY NORMAL UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. THE SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN ADULTS LOOK AT UNFAMILIAR DISTANT OBJECTS. WHEN THE EYE REGARDS A FAMILIAR OBJECT, HOWEVER, THE EFFECT IS QUITE DIFFERENT. NOT ONLY CAN IT BE REGARDED WITHOUT STRAIN, BUT THE STRAIN OF LOOKING AT UNFAMILIAR OBJECTS LATER IS LESSENED.
THESE FACTS FURNISH US WITH A MEANS OF OVERCOMING THE MENTAL STRAIN TO WHICH CHILDREN ARE SUBJECTED BY THE MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ANYTHING PERFECTLY WHEN THE MIND IS UNDER A STRAIN, AND IF CHILDREN BECOME ABLE TO RELAX WHEN LOOKING AT FAMILIAR OBJECTS, THEY BECOME ABLE, SOMETIMES IN AN INCREDIBLY BRIEF SPACE OF TIME, TO MAINTAIN THEIR RELAXATION WHEN LOOKING AT UNFAMILIAR OBJECTS.
I DISCOVERED THIS FACT WHILE EXAMINING THE EYES OF SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOLCHILDREN AT GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA. IN MANY CASES, CHILDREN WHO COULD NOT READ ALL OF THE LETTERS ON A TEST CARD IN THE FIRST TEST READ THEM IN THE SECOND OR THIRD TEST. AFTER A CLASS HAD BEEN EXAMINED, THE CHILDREN WHO HAD FAILED WOULD SOMETIMES ASK FOR A SECOND TEST, AND THEN IT OFTEN HAPPENED THAT THEY WOULD READ THE WHOLE CARD WITH NORMAL VISION. SO FREQUENT WERE THESE OCCURRENCES THAT THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE CONCLUSION THAT IN SOME WAY THE VISION WAS IMPROVED BY READING THE TEST CARD.
IN ONE CLASS I FOUND A BOY WHO AT FIRST APPEARED TO BE VERY MYOPIC, BUT WHO, AFTER A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT, READ ALL THE LETTERS ON THE TEST CARD. THE TEACHER ASKED ME ABOUT THIS BOY’S VISION, BECAUSE SHE HAD FOUND HIM VERY NEARSIGHTED. WHEN I SAID THAT HIS VISION WAS NORMAL SHE WAS INCREDULOUS, AND SUGGESTED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE LEARNED THE LETTERS BY HEART OR BEEN PROMPTED BY ANOTHER PUPIL. HE WAS UNABLE TO READ THE WRITING OR FIGURES ON THE BLACKBOARD, SHE SAID, OR SEE THE MAPS, CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS ON THE WALLS, AND HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET. SHE ASKED ME TO TEST HIS SIGHT AGAIN, WHICH I DID, VERY CAREFULLY, UNDER HER SUPERVISION, THE SOURCES OF ERROR WHICH SHE HAD SUGGESTED BEING ELIMINATED. AGAIN THE BOY READ ALL THE LETTERS ON THE CARD, THEN THE TEACHER WROTE SOME WORDS AND FIGURES ON THE BLACKBOARD AND ASKED HIM TO READ THEM. HE DID NOT SO CORRECTLY, THEN SHE WROTE ADDITIONAL WORDS AND FIGURES. WHICH HE READ JUST AS WELL. FINALLY, SHE ASKED HIM TO TELL THE HOUR BY THE CLOCK, TWENTY-FIVE FEET AWAY, WHICH HE DID CORRECTLY.