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The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight.Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates (1860–1931) held the erroneous belief that the extraocular muscles effected changes in focus and that "mental strain" caused abnormal action of these muscles; hence he believed that relieving such "strain" would cure defective vision.
William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates method for better eyesight. The method was based in his theory that the eye does not focus by changing the power of the lens, but rather by elongating the eyeball through use of the ...
Role of the nurse practitioner. Barbara Bates, MD, MA (1928 – December 18, 2002) was an American physician, author and historian. She authored a leading medical textbook on physical examination. Bates was on the faculty at several U.S. medical schools, and she was on both the medical and nursing school faculties at the University of Pennsylvania.
December 5, 1962. Los Angeles, California. Occupation. writer. Margaret Darst Corbett (January 17, 1889 – December 5, 1962) [1] was an American who promoted the discredited Bates method in an attempt to improve eyesight. She became famous after her prosecution and acquittal on a charge of practicing medicine without a license.
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Alternative medicine. Emotional Freedom Techniques ( EFT) is a technique that stimulates acupressure points by pressuring, tapping or rubbing while focusing on situations that represent personal fear or trauma. [2] EFT draws on various theories of alternative medicine – including acupuncture, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and ...
Hi, we clashed on edits, try again: AED: you say that Bates method supporters 'cling to the idea that mental strain is responsible through extraocular squeezing'. Bates himself placed great emphasis on lack of central fixation, resulting from mental strain, and refers to consequent unsuccessful attempts to focus.
Bates Method. The Bates Method page has been the site of some recent lively discussion, which has resulted in mediation. I would be grateful if anybody trained in opthalmology, visual science or, indeed, Bates practitioners themselves, would help to review this page. Thank you. Famousdog 14:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)