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...
Dear Morgan, When I talk to a person -- then I must TRUST that he makes the measurement correctly. That is why I insisted that you read at 20 feet (the ...
MonkWild.txt 1. Wild Monkeys (The control group) N = 286 eyes (of wild monkeys) had their refracitve state measured. The refracitve state (average) was...
Mkwild4.txt "Visual Refractive Errors of Wild and Laboratory Monkeys" Francis A. Young Ph.D. Pullman, Washington. E.E.N.T. Digest, Volume 27, Pages 55-71...
Dear Prevention-minded friends, I personally would avoid the use of an astigmatism "cut", provided I pass the DMV 20/40 line. After you get the astigmatism...
Dear Otis, Is it normal to see a sudden fall in clarity of vision? I am aware that clarity varies from day-to-day but today my vision seems terrible. Should...
Dear Morgan, Subject: "Sudden" clarity loss. Or, rapid change in refractive STATE from zero to -2 diopters. The answer, assuming your refractive STATE was...
MonkLab.txt Subject: Change of refractive STATE -- wild monkeys compared with laboratory monkeys. 1. Wild Monkeys (The control group) N = 598 eyes (of wild...
Dear Otis, Regarding my last email, i was confused. Since i saw a change in visual acuity i automatically assumed it was negative. However, i just read 20/50...
Dear Morgan, I do "harp" on one thing -- and that is to "trust" your Snellen. Often these majority-opinion ODs claim we are "stupid" and "have not a clue" and...
MO_OD.txt Dear Jon, Re: Convergence and accommodation. Re: Your question about these SEPARATE systems. When you "follow" and object from 20 feet to 1 foot,...
DMVPers.txt From: "Jon Subject: DMV person Dear Otis, There was something the guy at the DMV said that I found interesting. After he told me how bad my eyes...
EskiYong.txt Dear Steve, Subject: Analysis of refractive STATE change in a school environment -- after 8 years, from plus to minus as natural process. I am...