Optimums and Pessimums

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Optimums and Pessimums
A Possible Explanation
By M. E. Gore, M.D.
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A lady that I was treating could not see the letter R on the test
card, the last letter of the fifty line. It seemed strange that she
was able to see the other letters on the same line, but not the R. It
occurred to me that perhaps the patient unconsciously saw the letter
when she first looked at it, but, on account of some unpleasant
association which it produced in her mind, she made an effort to
forget it, thus causing a lowering of vision. I determined to employ
an association test to find out if possible what had caused her mental
distress on looking at the letter. I asked her to think of the letter
R and tell me the first thought that came into her mind. She answered:
"Red."
Now associated with red was her mother, as red had been her
favorite color. Her mother had recently died and thinking of her
caused grief. I told the patient that I believed this was the cause of
her lowered vision for that particular letter. To our astonishment she
has since been able to see this letter without difficulty.
Another case which clearly illustrated the optimums and pessimums
was a patient who was unable to see the figure 2 in a line of figures
the same size and distance. On questioning her I found this number
made her think of her two children which she had lost. On the other
hand, she could see the letter F and V wherever they occurred. She
said F made her think of her father whom she dearly loved, and V was
the initial letter of his given name.
These cases and several others of like nature have led me to the
conclusion that the association of pleasant or unpleasant ideas with
any of the letters is the cause of optimums and pessimums.
In most cases, by employing the association test and showing the
patient the connection between the letter and the unpleasant thought,
they have become able to see the letters which had been pessimums.
No. 51 Main Street, Orange, N. J.
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Better Eyesight
A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
sight without glasses
Vol. V - September, 1921 - No. 3
Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
Doctors are needed all over the world to cure people without glasses
$2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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Second-opinion on THRESHOLD prevention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LAM3FT2zpw

Enjoy,




On Dec 5, 10:12*am, ThinkRight <misa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
> * * * * ——
> * * * * Optimums and Pessimums
> * * * * A Possible Explanation
> * * * * By M. E. Gore, M.D.
> * * * * ——
> * * A lady that I was treating could not see the letter R on the test
> card, the last letter of the fifty line. It seemed strange that she
> was able to see the other letters on the same line, but not the R. It
> occurred to me that perhaps the patient unconsciously saw the letter
> when she first looked at it, but, on account of some unpleasant
> association which it produced in her mind, she made an effort to
> forget it, thus causing a lowering of vision. I determined to employ
> an association test to find out if possible what had caused her mental
> distress on looking at the letter. I asked her to think of the letter
> R and tell me the first thought that came into her mind. She answered:
> * * "Red."
> * * Now associated with red was her mother, as red had been her
> favorite color. Her mother had recently died and thinking of her
> caused grief. I told the patient that I believed this was the cause of
> her lowered vision for that particular letter. To our astonishment she
> has since been able to see this letter without difficulty.
> * * Another case which clearly illustrated the optimums and pessimums
> was a patient who was unable to see the figure 2 in a line of figures
> the same size and distance. On questioning her I found this number
> made her think of her two children which she had lost. On the other
> hand, she could see the letter F and V wherever they occurred. She
> said F made her think of her father whom she dearly loved, and V was
> the initial letter of his given name.
> * * These cases and several others of like nature have led me to the
> conclusion that the association of pleasant or unpleasant ideas with
> any of the letters is the cause of optimums and pessimums.
> * * In most cases, by employing the association test and showing the
> patient the connection between the letter and the unpleasant thought,
> they have become able to see the letters which had been pessimums.
> No. 51 Main Street, Orange, N. J.
> ——
> Better Eyesight
> A monthly magazine devoted to the prevention and cure of imperfect
> sight without glasses
> Vol. V - September, 1921 - No. 3
> Copyright, 1921, by the Central Fixation Publishing Company
> Editor—W. H. Bates, M.D.
> Publisher—Central Fixation Publishing Co.
> Doctors are needed all over the world to cure people without glasses
> $2.00 per year, 20 cents per copy
> 300 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
> ——
>
> [...]

On Dec 5, 8:45*am, Otis <otisbr...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Second-opinion on THRESHOLD *prevention.

YouTube vids and useless quotes, but ... oddly ... never any facts or
science.

You're an idiot, Uncle Otie.