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Bates method

The English word “Bates method” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. An alternative eyesight therapy based on visualization, movement, and imagining visual marks and signs.

Etymology

Named after the physician William Horatio Bates (1860–1931), who attributed nearly all sight problems to habitual strain of the eyes, and felt that glasses were harmful and never necessary.

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