jakeglas.txt Dear Prevention-minded friends, Enclosed are segments of Dr. Raphaelson's autobiography -- for your interest. Best, Otis ================== THE...
Dear Don, I often wondered if I was PERSONALLY responsible for INDUCING a negative refractive STATE in my eyes. It is clear from the primate studies that is...
Topic: NBab -- from 20/80 to pass the DMV at 20/30 Dear Vision-Clearing friends, I like to establish the "initial" Snellen reading BEFORE a person "starts"...
Question: What is the average cost to maintain contact lenses? Policies vary, but most will charge a fee to see you the first time to assess your current...
This is truly a "sensitive" area. We ALL must make a living. I EXPECT to pay for professional services. But I also expect to be offered a discussion of the...
IndxMyop.txt For "House keeping" reasons I am placing the index of my book here. Best, Otis ++++++++++++++++++ Index for "How to Avoid Nearsightedness" INDEX A...
Words must have EXACT meanings. This is some of the effort to define the fundamental eye as the dynamic system -- that it is. Thus the natural eye can have...
Iseerm.txt Subject: Difficulty of offering prevention with a plus from a optometrist's point-of-view. Re: An optometrist (RM on sci.med.vision) explains why...
DrLScience.Txt Subject: Scientific and Medical Methods and Proof "I know that most men ... can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it...
JonEq6.txt Jon Neumann Physicist Dear Jon, "Part of the art and skill of the engineer and of the experimental physicist is to create conditions in which...
Sphreq.txt SUBJECTS: 1. Spherical equivalent conversion 2. Two astigmatic "prescriptions". We often get a "astigmatic" prescription which looks terrible....
Dynam.txt Dear Prevention Minded Friends, Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. Samuel Johnson Subject: A...
Dear Anti-minus friends, Here is a statement by a majority-opinion optometrist. If you do not get "support" for prevention (Bates or plus) then here is the...
Subject: Re: I was so upset when I got a note from school nurse. Please help! ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Xanadu, I am an engineer -- not a "doctor". Since I...
Dear Second-opinion friends, Subject: Six Hundred kids clear their vision from 20/70 to 20/40 (pass all legal VA requirements) with the plus. The purpose of...
Subject: The FDA versus scientific truth. Dear Friends, I am reposting this to correct some errors. When some one insists that a minus "...has no effect on the...
Dear Morgan, I certainly agree that vision-clearing is tough. It is not easy, not fact -- and requires that you personally read your Snellen. These basic...
Dear Otis, Thanks for the reply ! I started wearing the minus about 3 years ago, however i began doing eye exercises after one year, and have tried my best to...
Dear Morgan, There is one thing I always request. That is that you put up and read your Snellen. I think you are very serious about vision-clearing. The ONLY...
Std2040.txt Dear Morgan, In working on "vision clearing" and going "cold turkey" it is essential that you be close to meeting these visual-acuity standards. I...
From: Otis Brown To: Alex Subject: Message not approved: The Nature of the (preventive) second-opinion. Dear Alex, You are the leader of i-see -- and have...
Hi, I just stumbled upon this group and Otis's site today, and it got me really interested. I have tried the Bates method before, but it has'n really worked...
Dear Otis, Thanks for the information! it was very helpful! I tested my vision from 10 feet using a snellen printed from i-see.org. i managed to guess more...
Dear Morgan, It should be clear that I agree that vision-clearing is tough. It takes strong personal resolve. To check the "right" Snellen, do it at 20 feet ...
Thanks for checking your Snellen. That is a "base-line" check. You now know that any "clearing" you will see on that Snellen -- so that you personally will ...
Dear Don, (The Myopia Myth -- www.myopia.org) Subject: PERPETUAL RESEARCHERS You know what "boggles" my mind? It is these researchers that can not put 1 and...
Dear Otis, How r u? I have checked my vision using my snellen chart i received in the bates method book, i currently see: 20/70. This is already a huge...
Dear Morgan, Excellent. At 20/70 you have a "fighting chance" to clear the 20/60, 20/50, 20/40 lines. None of this is ever "easy". It takes a first-rate mind,...
Dear Otis, I have been reading messages in the groups. I read the Nbab (or something similar) post. He says he has 20/40 but then he states he measured this...