When I ask the question, "...what would happen if I place a -3 diopter lens on the fundamental eye, EXACTLY what will happen." I expect an exact scientific...
Subject: The Retinoscope. A great many measurements are made with a Retinoscope. http://www.eyetec.net/group2/M6S1.htm In fact the OBJECTIVE measurements of...
Subject: Six-figure income I graduated in 1983, started a practice, sold it, started another one and sold it, and through it all, I only worked fulltime (35...
... be ... the ... I don't know why you don't like the words "Vision Therapy", any optometrist would know what was meant by the terms and any patient who was...
Dear Judy, Subject: Open-ended treatments. Re: How much responsibility does the person have for plus-prevention? Since the words "Therapy" has a medical...
This is cute. I think PCO is Pacific College of Optometry. From Owner, Optometry Sucks: PCO now offering doctorate of audiology. I wonder if the'll allow PCO...
Subject: The "thinking" in optometry about an exam. Re: One has to wonder about the accuracy of this type of "concern". From: Owner, Optometry Sucks, Anyone...
Dear Friends, Given this "attitude", I truly do not think you will get a goo refractive measurement. I know we all have our own "attitudes", but as far as I...
Subject: Dr. of Audiology? As some of you probably know, audiologists, using the OD degree as a guide and example, have reconfigured their academic pathway...
You can buy a plus lens in a drug store. That does not require a "Doctor". With some skill in physical science, you could also measure your refractive STATE....
Enjoy, Otis ++++++++++++ Since people have been asking for some optometry discussion, I decided I would post a letter I wrote to Paul Karpecki and Vic Connors...
... Refraction is a minor part of an eye exam. Most of the exam time and doctor's thinking is used for eye health determination including screening for...
In some countries, an optometrist is considered to be able to measure a refractive STATE -- but that is not considered a medical qualification. Only true...
Subject: What in the world does an OD do in four years of OD school? Item1> Many an Ophthalmologist have self-trained or partially trained techs who can...
Subject: Should medical doctors unionize? Should ODs unionize? I graduated in 2000 and moved to a big city and started working as an "independent contractor"...
EyeSafe.txt Subject: Steps you should take -- before using Bates and/or other preventive measures. Because we argue for PREVENTION, and RECOVERY, we are often...
Success.txt Names changed to protect the poster. Three years ago, Mike's Snellen was 20/200 (approximate) and his refractive STATE was -2.75 diopters. Today he...
The following is a review of what we think we know. Medicine has its own myths, and many people have misconceptions about science and the "workings" of ...
These problems can be solved for only $5124.00 And the child has 20/20. Is this a scam? Otis ++++++++++++++ Hello, I had my son's eyes tested over the course...
Dear Prevention-minded friends, Subject: How a person "complies" with the preventive-plus. It is important to decide WHO is to be in "control" of your distant...
Dear Prevention-minded friends, Subject: An OD believes that the only answer is a minus lens. Here Judy stated, that from her perspective, if you have 20/70,...
... You have again taken remarks out of context and attributed words to me that I did not use. I said not one word about "vision clearing" and its probability...
How is it possible to avoid nearsightedness? I was told that environment has no effect on the eye. It this true? How was it proven that a -3 diopter lens has ...
Dear Friends, Subject: Public domain posts. When anyone posts on an "open" internet forum, he/she can expect that it MIGHT be copied to another fourm for...
ErrName.txt Dear Friend, Subject: Clinging to an out-dated concept of the eye. Re: Respecting science and the proven dynamic behavior of all fundamental...
RaphPrec.txt Dear Friend, Subject: The "Crux" question -- why the fundamental eye's proven accurate behavior is so important in science. Re: How science and...
Subject: The various "errors" and assumptions the public makes about scientific concepts. Further Myths: 2. The nature of a hypothesis 3. No general...
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