false 630567 1 Artists, teachers, army officers, housewives, elderly people, parents, and children with vision problems wrote about their experiences with the Bates Method and giving up their glasses in <i>Better Eyesight</i>. Major eye conditions (myopia, astigmaticsm, farsightedness, presbyopia, amblyopia, strabismus, cataract, gluacome, blindness) were discussed by Bates, other opthalmologists, the medical community, and readers. The significance of this literature is both historical and immediate. For the first time, the connection between eyestrain to shoulder and neck pain, headaches, and other muscular tension is discussed. 616887 1 1 2001 Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H. Bates 0 0 1 0 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 02:40:58 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 02:40:58 -0700 2009