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This not always possible for people to go to a competent I physician for relief. As the method of treating eye defects presented is comparatively new, it may be impossible to find a physician in the neighborhood who understands it, and a person may not be able to afford the expense of a long journey or take the time for treatment away from home. To such persons I wish to say that it is possible for a large number of people to correct defective eyesight without the aid either of a physician or of anyone else.

Place a test card on the wall at a distance of ten, fourteen, or twenty feet, and devote half a minute a day, or longer, to reading the smallest letters you can see, with each eye separately, covering the other with the palm of the hand in such a way as to avoid touching the eyeball. Keep a record of the progress made, with the dates. The simplest way to do this is by the method used by oculists, who record the vision in the form of a fraction, with the distance at which the letter is read as the numerator and the distance at which it ought to be read as the denominator.

The figures above or to one side of the lines of letters on the test card indicate the distance at which these letters should be read by persons with normal eyesight. Thus a vision of 10/200 would mean that the big C, which on a standard size chart ought to be read at two hundred feet, cannot be seen at a greater distance than ten feet. A vision of 20/ To would mean that the ten line, which the normal eye is not ordinarily expected to read at a greater distance than ten feet, is seen at twice that distance. This is a standard commonly attained by persons who have practiced my methods.

Another and an even better way to test the sight is to compare the blackness of the letter at the near-point and at the distance, in a dim light and in a good one. With perfect sight, as I have explained, black is not altered by illumination or distance. It appears just as black at the distance as at the near-point, and just as black in a dim light as in a good one. If it does not appear equally black to you under all these conditions, therefore, you may know that your sight is imperfect.

Children under twelve years of age who have not worn glasses can usually correct defective eyesight by the above method in three months, six months, or a year. Adults who have never worn glasses are benefited in a very short time— a week or two—and if the trouble is not very bad, it may be removed in three to six months. They also have to devote considerable tithe to the treatment.

It is absolutely necessary that the glasses be discarded. No halfway measures can be tolerated, if complete relief is desired. Do not attempt to wear weaker glasses, and do not wear glasses for emergencies. Persons who are unable to do without glasses for all purposes are not likely to be able to cure themselves.

Children and adults who have worn glasses will have to devote an hour or longer every day to practice with the test card, and additional time to practice on other objects. It is well to have two test cards, one to be used at the near- point, where it can be seen best, and the other at ten or twenty feet. It will be found very helpful to shift from the near card to the distant one, as the unconscious memory of the letters seen at the near-point helps to bring out those seen at the distance.

If you can secure the aid of some person with normal sight, it will be a great advantage. In fact, persons whose cases are obstinate will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to cure themselves without the aid of a teacher. The teacher, if he is to be of help, must himself be able to derive benefit from the various methods recommended. If his vision is 10/10, he must be able to improve it to 20/10, or more. If he can read fine print at twelve inches, he must become able to read it at six, or at three inches. He must also have sufficient control over his visual memory to relieve and prevent pain. A person who has defective sight, either for the distance or for the near-point, will be unable to be of any material assistance in obstinate cases, and no one can be of any assistance in the application of any method which he himself has not used successfully.

Parents who wish to preserve and improve the eyesight of their children should encourage them to read the test card every day. There should be a test card in every family, in fact, for when properly used it always prevents myopia and other errors of refraction, always improves the vision, even when this is already normal, and always benefits functional nervous troubles. Parents should improve their own eyesight to normal, so that their children may not imitate wrong methods of using the eyes and will not be subject to the influence of an atmosphere of strain. They should also learn the principles of central fixation in order that they may teach them to their children.

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