William Horatio Bates

“ The fatigue produced can be relieved by shifting from one part of the letter to another, when the memory or imagination of the letter again become normal and continuous.
Or, another demonstration: look directly at a small letter which can be seen. Keep on trying to keep the attention fixed on the letter continuously. In a short time, a few sec-onds, the eyes begin to tire and if the effort is trade strong enough, the vision becomes imperfect, and with other dis-agreeable symptoms much fatigue will be experienced. ”

“ The Long Swing: No matter how great the mental or other strain may be, one can, by moving the eyes a long distance from side to side with the movement of the head and body in the same direction, imagine things moving opposite over a wide area. The eyes or mind are benefitted. ”

“ It is possible for people to do the hardest kind of work from early in the morning till late at night without any evidence of fatigue whatever. It is a puzzle for some people to explain how or why so many people are very notch fatigued when they first wake up in the morning. ”

“ Better Eyesight A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF IMPERFECT SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES March, 1922 SEE THINGS MOVING
W HEN riding in a railroad train, travelling rapidly, a passenger looking out a window can imagine more or less vividly that stationary objects, trees, houses, tele-graph poles, are moving past in the opposite direction. If one walks along the street, objects to either side appear to be moving. ”

“ To imagine things are moving a quarter of an inch or less, gradually shorten the long swing and decrease the speed to a rate of a second or less for each swing. Another method is to remember a small letter perfectly with the eyes closed and noting the short swing. ”

“ League "to relieve the sufferings and discomforts of those afflicted with imperfect eyesight, to disseminate knowledge of the scientific cure and prevention of imperfect eyesight without the use of glasses, and to promote further research and investigation into the causes for imperfect eyesight and its improvement without the use of artificial lenses." ”

“ They are less inclined to practice central fixation, the universal swing, the tnemory of perfect sight and other things which relieve or prevent fatigue. It should be emphasized that one has just as much time to do right as he has to do wrong and it certainly is the wrong thing to go around most of the time suffering from fatigue.
PREVENTION, NOT RELIEF, FOR FAT T G U l:
Theories are always wrong. As a working hypothesis the value of simply relieving fatigue is questionable.
I have a vision of the school children of this country able to do their work without discomfort or fatigue. ”

“ If you who now read this official call for an organization meeting are too far away from New York to be present, at least send in your request for enrollment before March 8th, so that. the honor of a Founder may be yours in spite of in. ”

“ Make as strong an effort as possible to read the letters seen ilupvt-fectly. If the effort is strong enough one feels much fatigue. In this way one demonstrates that fatigue can be produced by eye strain. ”