> Methods That Have Succeeded in Presbyopia

> The cure of presbyopia, as of any other error of refraction, is rest,
> and many presbyopic patients are able to obtain this rest simply by
> closing the eyes. They are kept closed until the patient feels
> relieved, which may be in a few minutes, half an hour, or longer. Then
> some fine print is regarded for a few seconds. By alternately resting
> the eyes and looking at fine print many patients quickly become able
> to read it at eighteen inches, and by continued practice they are able
> to reduce the distance until it can be read at six inches in dim
> light. At first the letters are seen only in flashes. Then they are
> seen for a longer time, until finally they are seen continuously. When
> this method fails, palming may be tried, combined with the use of the
> memory, imagination and swing. Particularly good results have been
> obtained from the following procedure:

> Close the eyes and remember the letter "o" in diamond type, with the
> open space as white as starch and the outline as black as possible.

> When the white center is at the maximum imagine that the letter is
> moving, and that all objects, no matter how large or small, are moving
> with it.

> Open the eyes and continue to imagine the universal swing.

> Alternate the imagination of the swing with the eyes open with its
> imagination with the eyes closed.

> When the imagination is just as good with the eyes open as when they
> are closed the cure will be complete.
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> Presbyopia Number
> Better Eyesight
> A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
> sight without glasses
> Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
> Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
> Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
> $2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
> 300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
> Vol. IV - April 1921 - No. 4
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