Better Sight Without Glasses [20 ed.]

Table of contents :
Better Sight Without Glasses - Front Board
Test Card
Test Card - Reverse Side
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
An Appreciation
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to the Ninth and Extended Edition
Preface to Fourteenth and Fully Revised Edition
Preface to Twentieth Edition
1. Introductory
2. How the Eye Works
3. Why Spectacles are Harmful
4. The Causes of Defective Vision
5. The Treatment of Defective Vision
6. Aids to Relaxation
7. Aids to Vision
10. How to Carry Out the Treatment
Myopia
Hypermetropia
Astigmatism
Presbyopia
Strabismus (Squint)
Cataract
8. Eye Muscle Exercises
9. Diet
11. The Cause of Eye Diseases
12. The Treatment of Cataract
13. Conjunctivitis
14. Glaucoma
15. Iritis, Keratitis, and Ulcers of the Cornea
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THE MAIN POINTS of BETTER SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES By Harry Benjamin

See how far away you can see the letters on the bottom line without strain or effort. The exercises for improving memory and imagination and central fixation can best be performed with the aid of this Test Card. Wear your glasses as little as possible. The best results are obtained when they are discarded altogether. The main points of the natural treatment of defective vision are : Palming, swinging, blinking, splashing the eyes with cold water, and exposing them closed to the sun's rays. (These are known as Aids to Relaxation.) Cultivation of memory and imagination. central fixation, and careful and methodical reading. (These are known as Aids to Vision.) The eye muscle exercises, the remedial neck exercises, and last, bu t by no means least. a sensible diet. Remember that glasses. belp you to see, but do not naprove vision. They really binder it and make your disability worse in tune. The oDJy reRJ ....,. to regein normaJ rilioD l8 by t.be a.ppUcatiOD ot method.. outllDe