Minutes of the May Meeting of the Better Eyesight League

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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 Company
Vol. VII. - June, 1923 - No. 12

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Minutes of the May Meeting of the Better Eyesight League
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By F. B. Rusk, Recording Secretary
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The large room of the new headquarters of the Central Fixation
Publishing Company was crowded to its utmost capacity at the May
meeting of the Better Eyesight League.
Mr. M. F. Husted, Superintendent of Public Schools of North
Bergen, New Jersey, was the speaker of the evening. Mr. Husted
explained, with the aid of charts, the experiment he has been
conducting during the past three years.
In the fall of 1919 a Snellen test of the eyes of all pupils in
the North Bergen Schools was made. A Snellen test card was then placed
in every class room. Those children whose vision was defective were
encouraged to read the card more frequently. In June, 1920, a second
examination was made in order to test the value of the methods used.
The same experiment has been repeated each year since with amazing
results.
After hearing of the remarkable benefits which accrue to children
who practice central fixation, a visitor asked if there was any hope
for the old folks. One of the audience volunteered that he was
acquainted with a lady who had had a complete cure after wearing
glasses for fifty-six years. As a result of her experience he had
traveled 2,000 miles to see Dr. Bates (and attend the May meeting of
the Better Eyesight League)!
In reply to the question as to whether astigmatism was curable,
Dr. Bates said that if there was any one kind of astigmatism which was
worse than the others, it was conical cornea—a condition with which he
always had marked success.
Respectfully submitted,
F. B. Rusk, Secretary.

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