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BOOKS; IN HISTORICAL ORDER, YEAR 1920+

+THE CURE OF IMPERFECT SIGHT BY TREATMENT WITHOUT GLASSES
BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST WILLIAM H. BATES   1920
This is Dr. Bates original book.
It contains the complete unedited version.
Available for free download on this website.

+PERFECT SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES  BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST WILLIAM H. BATES   1920
Contains some edits. Is not the complete version of Dr. Bates original book.

+STORIES FROM THE CLINIC  BY EMILY C. LIERMAN   1926

+THE BATES METHOD FOR BETTER EYESIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES  BY DR. WILLIAM
H. BATES AND EMILY LIERMAN/BATES, HIS WIFE/MEDICAL NURSE, ASSISTANT   1940
Is not the complete version of Dr. Bates original book.
Looking into the sun, remembering perfect black and other original treatments are removed from the book.

+BETTER EYESIGHT MAGAZINE - A  MONTHLY MAGAZINE BY DR. BATES
INCLUDING
+STORIES  FROM THE CLINIC  BY EMILY LIERMAN/BATES   1919 -1930+
Better Eyesight Magazines prove and describe how Dr. Bates and Emily Bates
applied natural eyesight improvement to cure many patients of unclear vision, astigmatism, wandering eyes, cataracts, glaucoma, and many other eye problems/disease without use of eyeglasses, surgery, drugs.

The optical industry and eye doctors became angry, fearing they would lose a lot of money as people were being cured and did not need to purchase eyeglasses, surgery and drugs. The optical industry and eye doctors tried to stop Dr. Bates from curing his patient's eye problems and teaching natural eyesight improvement to the public. 
To date; year 2008, the optical industry and eye doctors that prefer to sell eyeglasses, surgery and drugs continue to suppress information on natural eyesight improvement to prevent the public from learning how to obtain clear eyesight and cure/prevent other eye problems naturally.
 
Better Eyesight Magazines and other books listed here are available free in Word or Adobe Reader download, 'print your own book' on navigation pages 37, 38, 39.
2010 Full Edition Magazines with 500 pictures and 8 Free books, including this website, all combined into one E-Book  - for sale on Home page and page 44.
4 links for low cost books - Copy/paste any book title from this page into the search bar at the Bookstores: Click here

+STRENGTHENING THE EYES, A SYSTEM OF SCIENTIFIC EYE TRAINING   BY BERNARR A. MACFADDEN.  1918, 1924
His first book was published 25 years earlier, about 1900.  The 1918, 1924 book is a result of his studying Ophthalmologist Bates work. 
Originally Dr. Bates name was on the book as co-author with MacFadden. Later editions of the book were authored by MacFadden alone.

+SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES BY DR. HAROLD M. PEPPARD  1936
Step by step Bates Method directions for various eye problems and the affect health, stress, diet, neck, shoulder tension, headaches... have on the eyes.
I disagree with a few of the older methods in MacFadden and Peppard's books but they contain 95% correct, beneficial information.
This website and other modern books listed here provide the correct, new versions of old outdated methods.

+USE YOUR OWN EYES  1937  and  
+NORMAL SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES  1945  BY  WILLIAM B. MACCRACKEN M. D.

+THE ART OF SEEING  BY  ALDOUS HUXLEY  1942

+HELP YOURSELF TO BETTER SIGHT   1949
+A QUICK GUIDE TO BETTER VISION; HOW TO HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES   BY  MARGARET CORBETT   1957
Margaret Corbett is a Natural Eyesight improvement teacher that worked with Aldous Huxley before Natural Vision Improvement.JPGDr. Bates in 1930, improved famous writer Aldous Huxley's eyesight and the eyesight of many people, including pilots and other people in the military.
The optical industry tried to stop Margaret Corbett from teaching the public how to improve their eyesight naturally and stop use of eyeglasses.
They accused her of practicing optometry without a license.
They brought her to court.
Aldous Huxley was a witness that testified for Margaret Corbett.
He proved that she improved his eyesight.  She won the case and improved the eyesight of people that were in the courtroom that day.
Huxley wrote the book; 'The Art of Seeing' to describe the Bates method and how his eyesight was cured.
See his pictures on the right; top picture - strong, thick eyeglasses before Natural Eyesight Improvement.
Bottom picture - without eyeglasses, he has clear vision after his eyesight was cured by the Bates method of Natural Eyesight Improvement.Aldous Huxley after Natual Vision Improvement.jpg
Critics state that later in life, Huxley was giving a speech and could not read part of a page without putting on glasses.
People must realize that it is normal for the clarity of vision to fluctuate, especially when under pressure, a bit nervous giving a speech, and that Aldous Huxley had a major eye problem, was almost completely blind before treatment from Margaret Corbett.

For many years, since eyeglasses were invented and sold to the public, the optical industry and eye doctors that prefer to hide the truth about Natural Eyesight Improvement and to prescribe/sell eyeglasses, eye surgery and drugs have tried to stop Natural Eyesight Improvement teachers from teaching the public how to cure unclear eyesight and other eye problems naturally without glasses, surgery and drugs.
Bates teachers are often threatened with lawsuits, fines, imprisonment by the optical industry and eye doctors.
Eyeglasses are addictive, lead to prescriptions for stronger and stronger lenses,  cause and increase mental strain, eye muscle tension, eyestrain, vision impairment, abnormal eye, cornea, lens shape, cause increased pressure, tension on and in the eye, cornea, lens, retina, optic nerve, capillaries and all parts of the eye resulting in; unclear eyesight, astigmatism, crossed/wandering eyes, cataracts, detached retina, macula degeneration, glaucoma and other eye problems.
Eye doctors prescribe laser and other cornea surgeries which are very harmful to the eyes and result in unclear eyesight, blindness and other eye problems after the surgery.

Natural Eyesight Improvement improves the clarity of eyesight and health of the eyes without side effects.

+RELAX AND SEE; A DAILY GUIDE TO BETTER VISION  BY  CLARA A. HACKETT   1955
Natural Vision Improvement teacher.

+NATURAL VISION IMPROVEMENT  BY  JANET GOODRICH    1985
+HELP YOUR CHILD TO PERFECT EYESIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES  BY JANET GOODRICH   1996
Natural Vision Improvement Teacher
+CARINA GOODRICH (Janet's daughter) is publishing a new book;   http://www.netofficetoolbox.com/app/?Clk=3284953
+THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NATURAL VISION IMPROVEMENT covering old and modern Natural Vision Improvement - 2008-2009.
She has a lifetime of experience learning and teaching with her mom and family.
Thomas Quackenbush was trained by Janet Goodrich.

+TAKE OFF YOUR GLASSES AND SEE , A Mind/Body Approach to Expanding Your Eyesight and Insight.   AND 
+LIGHT; MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE  BY  JACOB LIBERMAN, OPTOMETRIST  1995   1991

+HEALTH AND LIGHT  BY JOHN N. OTT   1973

+THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER VISION - HOW TO SEE BETTER IN MINUTES A DAY WITHOUT GLASSES OR CONTACTS   BY  MARTIN SUSSMAN - CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR BETTER VISION   1985
OPTOMETRIC EXTENSION PROGRAM - BEHAVIORAL OPTOMETRY.   Cambridge Institute for Better Vision - Click Here 

+RELEARNING TO SEE  BY  THOMAS  R. QUACKENBUSH   1997
+BETTER EYESIGHT; THE COMPLETE MAGAZINES OF OPHTHALMOLOGIST WILLIAM H. BATES EDITED  BY  THOMAS R. QUACKENBUSH    2001
Thomas Quackenbush is a Natural Vision Improvement teacher. 
The two books listed above have preserved and brought Dr. Bates work and The Bates Method of Natural Eyesight Improvement to the modern public.
The publisher of this web site obtained 20/20 and clearer eyesight at close and far distances as a result of taking a Bates Natural Vision Improvement course from Mr. Quackenbush when he taught in San Francisco, California.
See Thomas Quackenbush's web site at;
www.NaturalVisionCenter.com for free information on Natural Vision Improvement, nutrition links, and download the Tom Q radio talk shows on the "Healthy Vision Program" for free Bates method, Natural Vision Improvement discussion by a ophthalmologist and Mr. Quackenbush.  Click the links; NVCRadio1.mp3 and NVCRadio2.mp3 for two radio shows.
Also; see his link to the FDA for warnings on vision impairment, blindness caused by cornea laser eye surgery and other cornea surgeries.

+ Greg Marsh - 'Reclaim Your Eyesight Naturally'- 6 CD's with Guide Book and 'Relax Your way to Clearer Sight' - 2 CD's. A complete home study course.
Greg Marsh is a Certified Natural Vision Improvement Teacher taught by Thomas Quackenbush. www.VisionImprovementCenter.com

+Books by Meir Schneider Ph.D,L.M.T.  -' Yoga for Your Eyes', 'Miracle Eyesight Method'. Sells other books, low cost kits for eyesight, movement, health improvement.   Meir Schneider - Natural Vision Improvement - The School for Self Healing
Meir was blind at birth.  Had cataracts, eye operations that caused lens injury and other eye problems.
He cured his eyesight naturally, can now see clear, drive without glasses and helps his patients obtain clear eyesight.
See his story/web site; www.self-healing.org and www.store.self-healing.org.

Books teaching left and right brain hemisphere activation and integration for equally clear vision in the left and right eyes at all distances, close, middle and far and improvement of all brain functions;

+PERSONALIZED WHOLE BRAIN INTEGRATION BY  PAUL E. DENNISON AND GAIL E. HARGROVE
+BRAIN GYM  BY  PAUL E. DENNISON AND GAIL E. DENNISON
+SWITCHING ON  BY  PAUL E. DENNISON
These exercises, treatments help correct unclear vision, astigmatism, crossed, wandering eyes, amblyopia and other eye problems, improves memory, imagination, math, science, art, sports, all skills, functions of the brain, left and right brain hemispheres, body.

+The ALEXANDER METHOD, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Dance and other methods to correct the posture, movement, balance, coordination, function of the body with the eyes brings clear vision, improved hearing and other health benefits. 
Incorrect posture/movement causes tension, pressure, pulling of the vertebrae, muscles in the back, and especially the neckonto the spine, brainstem, nerves, blood, lymph vessels that travel to the head, ears, eyes, eye muscles, retina and disrupts function of the eyes, ears, eye muscles, retina, lens and even the brain resulting in unclear vision and impaired eye health.
Movement of the body, neck, head with the eyes and eye movement (shifting, convergence...) is also restricted, stiff, unbalanced.
Correct posture, movement, diet returns the body, eyes to normal health, function resulting in clear vision. 

Natural Eyesight Improvement has been in existence before Dr. Bates discovered it.
Eye doctors and the public have used it in the 1800's and earlier.
Sailors have used it for hundreds of years to navigate the sea by looking at the stars in the sky, flow of ocean water, landmarks and lighthouses.
Natural Eyesight Improvement is the normal function of the eyes and has been in existence since the beginning of humans/animals on this planet and the evolution/development of the eye.

Practice only the Bates method.  it is natural.
The Bates method teaches;  relaxation of the mind, body, eye muscles, eyes, neck, shoulders, correct posture, correct vision habits (the normal function of the eyes), tests/improvement of accommodation and convergence, movement, left and right brain hemisphere activation and integration, color treatment, full spectrum sunlight (sunning), and other natural activities that produce 20/20 and clearer eyesight at all distances, close and far, day and night.
The Bates method returns the eyes, eye muscles, brain, visual system to normal function, maintaining clear eyesight automatically, on its own.
(The Bates method does not consist of eye exercises).

Many eyesight improvement teachers (businesses) claim to teach the Bates method but they do not.
They teach tension inducing eye exercises and other unnatural treatments that cause mental strain, eyestrain, eye muscle tension, headaches, unclear vision and other side effects.
Eye exercises are not natural and do not produce perfect and permanent clear eyesight.
Avoid these teachers.
Web sites that teach the true Bates method and provide free Natural Eyesight Improvement books/downloads are;

www.Iblindness.org - Website and Group/Forum.
www.NaturalVisionCenter.com
www.janetgoodrichmethod.com 

www.VisionImprovementCenter.com

http://www.bettervision.com/pr-all.html 
www.Central-fixation.com
www.Visionsofjoy.org

www.eyebody.com

www.sorrisi.wordpress.com

www.self-healing.org
www.effortlessvision.com - Website and Group
www.visioneducators.org
www.i-see.org
http://www.seeing.org/visiontd/discuss/ - Website and Yahoo Batesmethod Group.

http://www.eyetraining.hu/ - Movies and variety of languages teaching Bates Method.

Avoid websites/teachers that advise contacting Behavioral Optometrists that sell:
Laser and other cornea eye surgeries, use of contact lenses to force the cornea/eye to change shape, (Ortho-keratology, Orthoculogy-Ortho C), Plus Lens eyeglass treatment.
These treatments are not the Bates Method and cause cornea injury, impair eye muscle function, cause vision impairment, cataracts and can result in blindness. 
A few vision improvement teachers receive money from these Optometrists by referring students to them through affiliate links on their website.
Choose a Bates Method Behavioral Optometrist only. 
No cornea surgery, no contact lenses, no plus lenses.

6 teachers that provide complete, easy to learn Natural Vision Improvement training, information are;

+Thomas Quackenbush - Europe, Netherlands - www.NaturalVisionCenter.com

+Janet Goodrich and family, Carina Goodrich... - Europe - www.janetgoodrichmethod.com
+Greg Marsh - Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA -
www.VisionImprovementCenter.com
  Also has a 'You Tube' video teaching Bates Method and free training, Bates articles on his website.

  Clark Night - The author of www.cleareyesight.info took Mr. Marsh's home study CD course in 2009.  This course is perfect!  It covers 
  everything. See more info., recommendation on page 43, 'New Stuff' page.
+Meir Schneider - www.self-healing.org
+Julia Galvin - www.happysight.co.uk - You Tube has a few free Bates Natural Eyesight Improvement video lessons.
Type in; YouTube Bates Method Natural Eyesight Improvement.
Julia Galvin posts videos on Youtube teaching central fixation, shifting, convergence, accommodation, palming and other true Bates Method activities. Type; Happyhag Bates videos.
+Rosemary Gaddum Gordon D.B.O. M.A. 
www.cambridgehealthassociates.com/rosemary.html www.visioneducators.com 
She has a variety of experience in Bates and other natural treatments for clear vision and health improvement.  I have not taken a course from her, do not know if she has any books. I post her website because it is well known in the Bates community and lists many teachers.



Many Natural Vision Improvement web sites have guestbooks, discussion forums, blogs where people can post subjects on the Bates method, Natural Vision Improvement, ask questions and learn from others that have improved their vision.
95% of the writers on these forums are honest, very helpful, but there are a few persons that go on these forums giving the impression that they are strict Bates method followers, though in reality they are providing links to web sites that sell eyeglasses, (the optical industry) and other harmful products, treatments.
A few people state incorrect, harmful advice and/or hide Bates information, try to make it seem difficult, complicated so they can sell it. The Bates method is easy, simple, a "do it yourself" method.

www.iblindness.org has a forum. David sells the first original photo scan copy of Better Eyesight Magazine. All others I have found are 2nd copies.

www.i-see.org has a yahoo group; i-see yahoo group.

These are honest groups, that do not hide the truth about vision improvement.

Purchase Books by Clark Night, Author of this website by clicking links on the Home Page, Navigation pages.


The following pages of this site provide free Bates Natural Eyesight Improvement lessons.

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