[.ca] Better Eyesight Without Glasses (ISBN 0007109008)

My experiences of the method:
This method works but it needs a lot of commitment. If you are able to throw away your lenses and keep to a program which requires an hour out of every day then go for it. However, if you need to wear your specs every day just to function - for driving, computer work etc - then you needn't waste your cash. This won't work for you. I once had a period in my life during which I didn't need to have my glasses on and I was able to practise every day. I gained such an improvement in my prescription that - when I returned to the eye-doctor - I was for the first time qualified to drive without glasses, and, though my eyesight is still not perfect, I have never worn spectacles since. Expect immediate effects, which might seem quite dramatic. After that progress is slower. The four stars I gave this book is because it is the original. There are, however, better expositions of the method on the market.

Decent Book...:
I bought this book thinking it would help me get rid of my glasses. Well, I don't want to make it sound like I'm really slamming this book, it really was a great book. Dr. Bates really was a revolutionary opthamolagist, however this book didn't go about explaining how to go about doing some of these "exercises", or not as much as I'd have liked it to. This book, however did explain the eyes and why the eyes go bad, and it all makes sense if you keep an open mind about it. If you really feel like curing your eye problems, you may want to look elsewhere, though this book is a good starting point. All in all, this book was a good weekend reader, and it did make some good points, but if you bought another book on the Bates Method, you might be more pleased.

The original:
I have only one word to describe it. It works! Although, there might be other books to describe Dr. Bates method, I bought this only because it is the original by Dr. Bates. He should get the royalties for his discovery, shouldn't he?

Sometimes simple is the best:
As I received information that "old age" vision is not natural and could be corrected I read a few books and Janet Goodrich's book was the best but I never could get into the exercises. Dr. Bate's book, which I assume was written before the 1930s is down to earth and relative simple. I am seeing a difference in just one week. I even finished the book without reading glasses! Some information never gets old.

I would like to read it, but...:
I've waited a full week before learning that Abebook wasn't able to ship the products. However, Amazon.ca gave me my money back. No specific reason has been mentionned.