Better Eyesight Podcast

057: March 1924 with Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn

Better Eyesight Podcast

Show Notes

In the fifty-seventh episode of the Better Eyesight Podcast, Esther Joy van der Werf and Gloria Ginn read through the fifty-seventh Better Eyesight magazine that was originally published in March 1924 by Dr. William H. Bates, the pioneer of natural vision improvement.

Exactly 100 years later, these two natural vision educators breathe life back into the words of Dr. Bates, and also provide some modern commentary on the topics brought up in each article.

Better Eyesight, March 1924 "A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect sight without glasses"

Article 1 [3:10] Mental Pictures

Discussion 1 [5:25]

Article 2 [10:05] Illusions Of Normal Sight by W. H. Bates, M.D.

Discussion 2 [18:15]

Article 3 [29:55] Stories From The Clinic ~ 49: The Blind Girl by Emily C. Lierman

Discussion 3 [37:15]

Article 4 [44:00] Preventing Imperfect Sight In School Children by Elizabeth Hansen

Discussion 4 [52:35]

Article 4.5 [57:47] Emily's Response to Miss Hansen

Discussion 4.5 [1:03:00]

—BETTER EYESIGHT LEAGUE ONLY—

Article 5 [1:07:00] Minutes of the January Meeting

Discussion 5 [1:11:11]

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Gloria's website - https://schoolofbettereyesight.com

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