Library

This library contains five classic books, as well as some of Dr. Bates' medical articles and magazines.

The copyrights of all books and articles have expired, and they are now considered public domain.

Perfect Sight Without Glasses

by William H. Bates, M. D.

• The Fundamental Principle
• Preface
• Chapter I - Introductory
• Chapter II - Simultaneous Retinoscopy
• Chapter III - Evidence for the Accepted Theory of Accommodation
• Chapter IV - The Truth About Accommodation As Demonstrated By Experiments On the Eye Muscles of Fish, Cats, Dogs, Rabbits And Other Animals
• Chapter V - The Truth About Accommodation As Demonstrated By a Study of Images Reflected From the Lens, Cornea, Iris And Sclera
• Chapter VI - The Truth About Accommodation As Demonstrated By Clinical Observations
• Chapter VII - The Variability of the Refraction of the Eye
• Chapter VIII - What Glasses Do to Us
• Chapter IX - Cause and Cure of Errors of Refraction
• Chapter X - Strain
• Chapter XI - Central Fixation
• Chapter XII - Palming
• Chapter XIII - Memory As an Aid to Vision
• Chapter XIV - Imagination As an Aid to Vision
• Chapter XV - Shifting and Swinging
• Chapter XVI - The Illusions of Imperfect and of Normal Sight
• Chapter XVII - Vision Under Adverse Conditions a Benefit to the Eye
• Chapter XVIII - Optimums and Pessimums
• Chapter XIX - The Relief of Pain and Other Symptoms by the Aid of the Memory
• Chapter XX - Presbyopia: Its Cause and Cure
• Chapter XXI - Squint and Amblyopia: Their Cause
• Chapter XXII - Squint and Amblyopia: Their Cure
• Chapter XXIII - Floating Specks: Their Cause and Cure
• Chapter XXIV - Home Treatment
• Chapter XXV - Correspondence Treatment
• Chapter XXVI - The Prevention of Myopia in Schools: Methods that Failed
• Chapter XXVII - The Prevention And Cure of Myopia And Other Errors of Refraction In Schools: A Method That Succeeded
• Chapter XXVIII - The Story of Emily
• Chapter XXIX - Mind and Vision
• Chapter XXX - Normal Sight and the Relief of Pain for Soldiers and Sailors
• Chapter XXXI - Letters from Patients
• Chapter XXXII - Reason and Authority

Better Eyesight

by William H. Bates, M. D., and others

• July 1919
• August 1919
• September 1919
• October 1919
• November 1919
• December 1919

• January 1920
• February 1920
• March 1920
• April 1920
• May 1920
• June 1920
• July 1920
• August 1920
• September 1920
• October 1920
• November 1920
• December 1920

• January 1921
• February 1921
• March 1921
• April 1921
• May 1921
• June 1921
• July 1921
• August 1921
• September 1921
• October 1921
• November 1921
• December 1921

• January 1922
• February 1922
• March 1922
• April 1922
• May 1922
• June 1922
• July 1922
• August 1922
• September 1922
• October 1922
• November 1922
• December 1922

• January 1923
• February 1923
• March 1923
• April 1923
• May 1923
• June 1923
• July 1923
• August 1923
• September 1923
• October 1923
• November 1923
• December 1923

• January 1924
• February 1924
• March 1924
• April 1924
• May 1924
• June 1924
• July 1924
• August 1924
• September 1924
• October 1924
• November 1924
• December 1924

• January 1925
• February 1925
• March 1925
• April 1925

• January 1926
• February 1926
• March 1926
• April 1926
• May 1926
• June 1926
• July 1926
• August 1926
• September 1926
• October 1926
• November 1926
• December 1926

• January 1927
• February 1927
• March 1927

• July 1929
• August 1929
• September 1929
• October 1929
• November 1929
• December 1929

• January 1930
• February 1930
• March 1930
• April 1930
• May 1930
• June 1930

Stories From the Clinic

by Emily C. Lierman

• Preface
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Suggestions
• Aids to Perfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses
• Test Card Practice
• Fundamentals By William H. Bates
• Sun Treatment
• Chapter I - Experiences with School Children
• Chapter II - Myopia or Near-Sight
• Chapter III - Squint or Cross Eyes
• Chapter IV - Eyestrain
• Chapter V - Presbyopia
• Chapter VI - Various Interesting Cases
• Chapter VII - Paralysis
• Chapter VIII - Cataract
• Chapter IX - Blindness

Use Your Own Eyes

by William B. MacCracken, M. D.

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Chapter I - The Problem
• Chapter II - The Background
• Chapter III - The Cause
• Chapter IV - The Psychology of Spectacles
• Chapter V - To Be Or Not To Be
• Chapter VI - The Psychology of the Eye
• Chapter VII - The Eye Itself
• Chapter VIII - Accommodation
• Chapter IX - Eyestrain
• Chapter X - The Mechanism Of Vision
• Chapter XI - The Warrant for the Work
• Chapter XII - Some Cases That Illustrate
• Chapter XIII - First Principles of Cure
• Chapter XIV - The Case for the Children
• Chapter XV - The Sun and the Eye
• Chapter XVI - Palming
• Chapter XVII - Central Fixation
• Chapter XVIII - Shifting the Central Fixation
• Chapter XIX - Swinging to Relax
• Chapter XX - How Memory Helps Vision
• Chapter XXI - How Imagination Helps Vision
• Chapter XXII - The Snellen Test Card
• Chapter XXIII - Relaxation
• Chapter XXIV - Illusions of Vision
• Chapter XXV - Techniques
• Chapter XXVI - Astigmatism
• Chapter XXVII - Presbyopia
• Chapter XXVIII - Myopia and Hyperopia
• Chapter XXIX - Strabismus
• Chapter XXX - Cataract
• Chapter XXXI - Some Other Conditions
• Chapter XXXII - Conclusion

Normal Sight Without Glasses

by William B. MacCracken, M. D.

• Dedication
• Preface
• Chapter I - The Problem
• Chapter II - The Background
• Chapter III - The Answer
• Chapter IV - The Eye
• Chapter V - Accommodation
• Chapter VI - Relaxation
• Chapter VII - Types of Abnormal Vision
• Chapter VIII - Practices

Strengthening the Eyes

by Bernarr A. MacFadden

• Preface
• Chapter I - Strong, Beautiful Eyes
• Chapter II - The Anatomy of the Human Eye
• Chapter III - How We See: The Physiology and Physics of Vision
• Chapter IV - Asthenopia: Weak Eyes
• Chapter V - The Imperfect Sight of the Normal Eye
• Chapter VI - Errors of Refraction: Their Cause
• Chapter VII - Errors of Refraction: Their Cure
• Chapter VIII - Amblyopia
• Chapter IX - Color Blindness
• Chapter X - Strabismus: Squint
• Chapter XI - Saving the Sight of the Children
• Chapter XII - Common Diseases of the Eye
• Chapter XIII - Injuries to the Eye
• Chapter XIV - Eye Exercises
• Chapter XV - Eye-Focusing Exercises
• Chapter XVI - Exercises for the Pupil of the Eye
• Chapter XVII - Eye Massage and Resistance
• Chapter XVIII - The Eye Bath
• Chapter XIX - Eye Strength Through Sunlight
• Chapter XX - Constitutional Improvement for Strengthening the Eyes
• Chapter XXI - Exercises for Constitutional Improvement
• Chapter XXII - Eating For Health and Strength
• Chapter XXIII - Eye Rest Through Sleep
• Chapter XXIV - Fresh Air, Bathing and Other Health Factors
• Chapter XXV - Eye Hygiene
• Chapter XXVI - Test Your Own Eyes
• Chapter XXVII - A Final Word to Those Who Wear Glasses

Medical Articles

by William H. Bates, M. D.

• A New Operation for the Alleviation of Persistent Deafness
• A Suggestion of an Operation to Correct Astigmatism
• The Use of Extract of Suprarenal Capsule in the Eye
• The Prevention of Myopia in School Children
• The Cause of Myopia
• A Case of Myopic Refraction Relieved by Eye Education
• Myopia Prevention by Teachers
• Fishes' Eyes
• The Radical Cure of Errors of Refraction
• Blindness Relieved by a New Method of Treatment
• The Imperfect Sight of the Normal Eye
• A Study of the Images Reflected from the Cornea, Iris, Lens, and Sclera
• Improving the Sight of Soldiers and Sailors and Relieving Pain
• Memory as an Aid to Vision
• Shifting as an Aid to Vision
• Imagination and Vision
• A Clinical and Experimental Study of Physiological Optics
• Writer's Cramp: Its Cause And Cure
• Throw Away Your Glasses
• A Study of Imagination