Bates method

An alternative eyesight therapy based on visualization, movement, and imagining visual marks and signs.

Proper noun

  1. An alternative eyesight therapy based on visualization, movement, and imagining visual marks and signs.

Origin

Named after the physician William Horatio Bates (1860–1931), who attributed nearly all sight problems to habitual strain of the eyes, and felt that glasses were harmful and never necessary.

Forms

the Bates method