Foreword

This book on the correction of imperfect sight, with­out the use of glasses, is based on the Bates method, for which such yeoman service has been performed by Mrs. Margaret Darst Corbett. The author claims no originality for the principles laid down in the fol­lowing pages. His own contribution lies in the specific drills which he has worked out and found to be suc­cessful in his own practice and in his emphasis on the mental rather than the physical elements in re-educat­ing the eyes for normal use.

Many letters, received from all parts of the country, have made the same statement: "I have studied a book on the correction of imperfect sight but, while I have done all the drills, I notice little improvement."

The author's answer has invariably been the same: "The work in the bates method is nine-tenths mental, and you have un­doubtedly neglected that phase of it."

That, indeed, is the reason for another book in this field. The author's own experience has taught him that it is not the employment of mechanical methods but the alert use of the mind and an intelligent under­standing of the problem that help to restore the eyes to better functioning

It is possible—indeed, it has been done and is being done every day—to correct eye defects, to discard glasses, to relieve nerve tensions, which cause mus­cular malfunctioning that distorts vision and brings about eyestrain, sick headaches, fatigue and insomnia. Above all, it is possible to prevent eye troubles by educating people in the use of their eyes and by substi­tuting good habits for bad.

It is the purpose of this book to help people to help themselves to better eyesight by implying bates method, and by teaching parents the dangers of faulty eye habits, to enable them to recognize these habits when they appear in their chil­dren, so that they may be eliminated, easily and rapidly, at the very beginning. In this way, the number of children and young people shackled by glasses will be markedly decreased.

RALPH J. MACFADYEN

New York City

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