How to Improve the Sight by Means of the Imagination

[Lelouch Lamperouge]

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How to Improve the Sight by Means of the Imagination

Remember the letter "o" in diamond type, with the eyes closed and
covered. If you are able to do this, it will appear to have a short,
slow swing, less than its own diameter.

Look at an unknown letter on the test card which you can see only as a
gray spot, at ten feet or more, and imagine that it has a swing of not
more than a quarter of an inch.

Imagine the top of the unknown letter to be straight, still
maintaining the swing. If this is in accordance with the fact, the
swing will be unchanged. If it is not, the swing will become uneven,
or longer, or will be lost.

If the swing is altered, try another guess. If you can't tell the
difference between two guesses, it is because the swing is too long.
Palm and remember the "o" with its short swing, and you may become
able to shorten that of the larger letter.

In this way you can ascertain, without seeing the letter, whether its
four sides are straight, curved, or open. You may then be able to
imagine the whole letter. This is easiest with the eyes closed and
covered. If the swing is modified, you will know that you have made a
mistake. In that case repeat from the beginning.

When you get the right letter imagine it alternately with the eyes
closed and open, until you are able to imagine it as well when you
look at it as when your eyes are closed and covered. In that case you
will actually see the letter.
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Imagination Number
Better Eyesight
A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
sight without glasses
Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
$2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Vol. IV - May, 1921 - No. 5
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