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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.
The See Clearly Method was an eye-exercise program that was marketed as an alternative to the use of glasses, contact lenses, and eye surgery to improve vision. Sales were halted by legal action in 2006. The method is not supported by basic science, and no research studies were conducted prior to marketing. [1] [2] [3] The program is based in ...
Bates numbering is commonly used as an organizational method to label and identify legal documents. Nearly all American law firms use Bates stamps, though the use of manual hand-stamping is becoming increasingly rare because of the rise in electronic numbering, mostly in Portable Document Format (PDF) files rather than printed material.
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Died. 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.
Stochastic volatility jump. In mathematical finance, the stochastic volatility jump (SVJ) model is suggested by Bates. [1] This model fits the observed implied volatility surface well. The model is a Heston process for stochastic volatility with an added Merton log-normal jump . It assumes the following correlated processes: where S is the ...
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Discusses reasons why the Bates method may seem to work for some people. Mentions Bates' "Better Eyesight" magazine. Discusses subsequent proponents of Bates' method (i.e. up to 1957.) Recounts the story of Huxley faltering while reading at a Hollywood banquet. Warns of the danger of neglecting medical examination of the eyes.