The Bates Method for Better Eyesight Without Glasses (Paperback)

by William H. Bates (Author) "MOST writers on ophthalmology appear to believe that the last word about problems of refraction (the deviation of light waves as they enter the eye)..." (more)
Key Phrases: eye with normal sight, anything blacker, imperfect sight, Grand Forks (more...)

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"Within a couple of months I was reading without my spectacles and, what was better still, without strain and fatigue" Aldous Huxley. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
This book provides Dr. Bates's time-honored program, which has helped hundreds of thousands of people triumph over normal defects of vision without the aid of eyeglasses.


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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; Revised edition (April 15, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805002413
• ISBN-13: 978-0805002416
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,836 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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105 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My experiences of the method, August 18, 2002

By	Scabby Babbage (New Brunswick, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This method works but it needs a lot of commitment. If you are able to throw away your lenses and keep to a program which requires an hour out of every day then go for it. However, if you need to wear your specs every day just to function - for driving, computer work etc - then you needn't waste your cash. This won't work for you. I once had a period in my life during which I didn't need to have my glasses on and I was able to practise every day. I gained such an improvement in my prescription that - when I returned to the eye-doctor - I was for the first time qualified to drive without glasses, and, though my eyesight is still not perfect, I have never worn spectacles since.

Expect immediate effects, which might seem quite dramatic. After that progress is slower. The four stars I gave this book is because it is the original. There are, however, better expositions of the method on the market.

68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lacks clear prescription, December 11, 2004

By	Maxim Masiutin (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a very interesting book, it explains a lot of things related to the eyesight, but lacks clear prescriptions for the reader how to apply his method on practice. There are no easily heard or seen descriptions of the exercises that the individual should perform to improve the function of eye.

Nevertheless the book is incomplete perplexing a little bit, it has enough liveliness, humor, and variety.

If you are about to improve your eyesight, I would have recommended to read this book first to understand the framework, and then proceed to another books which are based on the Bates method but have sound explanations of what actually the patient have to do, e.g. "The natural way to better eyesight" by J.I. Rodale, "Conscious Seeing" by R. Kaplan, "How to improve your eyes" by M. D., Corbett, "Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses" by S. M. Beresford, and so forth.

49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Book..., April 24, 2001

By A Customer

I bought this book thinking it would help me get rid of my glasses. Well, I don't want to make it sound like I'm really slamming this book, it really was a great book. Dr. Bates really was a revolutionary opthamolagist, however this book didn't go about explaining how to go about doing some of these "exercises", or not as much as I'd have liked it to. This book, however did explain the eyes and why the eyes go bad, and it all makes sense if you keep an open mind about it. If you really feel like curing your eye problems, you may want to look elsewhere, though this book is a good starting point. All in all, this book was a good weekend reader, and it did make some good points, but if you bought another book on the Bates Method, you might be more pleased.