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| Lelouch Lamperouge... |
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Stories from the Clinic
12: The Relief of Pain.
By Emily C. Lierman
In March, 1919, an Austrian woman, thirty-seven years of age, came to
the clinic. She was suffering from myopia, with great pain in her eyes
and head, and looked so sad that one could not imagine her smiling. At
the age of two years she had become totally blind after a fever, and
had remained so for a year and a half, during all of which time she
suffered continual pain in her eyes. When her sight returned strong
glasses were given to her, but they did not relieve her pain. Neither
did the glasses given to her later by various physicians. Finally an
optician, finding that the glasses he had given her did not help her,
suggested that she should try Dr. Bates and our clinic.
At her first visit her pain was relieved by palming, and her vision
improved from 5/70 to 5/40. She was so pleased that she smiled and
kissed my hands. The pain had made her sick at her stomach most of the
time, she said, so that she was often unable to retain her food, and
no day was she ever free from it.
I told her to continue the palming at home, and to keep it up for an
hour at a time whenever possible. For a while she got on very nicely.
Her vision improved to 10/40, and whenever she felt the pain coming on
she palmed, invariably obtaining relief.
Then came a day when I found her with tears in her eyes. She had had a
sleepless night, she explained, and had suffered so intensely that her
family were frightened. Her eyes felt as though sand was pouring out
of them onto the pillow. I asked her if her eyes were still paining
her, and she answered tearfully, "Yes".
I placed her comfortably on a stool, and while her eyes were covered I
began to talk to her about her children. She soon forgot her pain in
telling me what beautiful eyes her baby had, how thrilled the family
had been when the first tooth appeared, and so on. When she uncovered
her eyes the most remarkable change had come over her face. All traces
of pain had disappeared, and she smiled.
One day after she had been coming to the clinic for a year or more she
was arranging to send some money to Austria and trying to fill out the
necessary papers. As she was about to write her mother's name
everything before her became a blank, and she experienced an intense
pain accompanied by a burning sensation in her eyes. She was so
frightened that she wanted to cry, but suddenly she thought about the
clinic and how her pain had been relieved by the palming. She covered
her eyes with the palms of her hands for a little while, and then the
pain became less and the questions on the blank began to clear up.
When she tried to write, however, everything became a blank once more.
Again she palmed, and this time her sister, who was with her, reminded
her that she must palm for a longer time if she wanted to get results.
She then palmed for fifteen minutes, her sister encouraging her as she
did so. When she removed her hands from her eyes the print before her
appeared perfectly distinct, she wrote the necessary answers without
any difficulty, and had no more trouble with her eyes that day. She
was extremely happy when she told me this. To think that she had been
able to improve her sight and relieve her pain without assistance
thrilled her.
When I last saw her, six months ago, her vision was 10/10 without
glasses, and she had no pain.
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Pain 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 - February 1921 - No. 2
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[...]
Stories from the Clinic
12: The Relief of Pain.
By Emily C. Lierman
In March, 1919, an Austrian woman, thirty-seven years of age, came to
the clinic. She was suffering from myopia, with great pain in her eyes
and head, and looked so sad that one could not imagine her smiling. At
the age of two years she had become totally blind after a fever, and
had remained so for a year and a half, during all of which time she
suffered continual pain in her eyes. When her sight returned strong
glasses were given to her, but they did not relieve her pain. Neither
did the glasses given to her later by various physicians. Finally an
optician, finding that the glasses he had given her did not help her,
suggested that she should try Dr. Bates and our clinic.
At her first visit her pain was relieved by palming, and her vision
improved from 5/70 to 5/40. She was so pleased that she smiled and
kissed my hands. The pain had made her sick at her stomach most of the
time, she said, so that she was often unable to retain her food, and
no day was she ever free from it.
I told her to continue the palming at home, and to keep it up for an
hour at a time whenever possible. For a while she got on very nicely.
Her vision improved to 10/40, and whenever she felt the pain coming on
she palmed, invariably obtaining relief.
Then came a day when I found her with tears in her eyes. She had had a
sleepless night, she explained, and had suffered so intensely that her
family were frightened. Her eyes felt as though sand was pouring out
of them onto the pillow. I asked her if her eyes were still paining
her, and she answered tearfully, "Yes".
I placed her comfortably on a stool, and while her eyes were covered I
began to talk to her about her children. She soon forgot her pain in
telling me what beautiful eyes her baby had, how thrilled the family
had been when the first tooth appeared, and so on. When she uncovered
her eyes the most remarkable change had come over her face. All traces
of pain had disappeared, and she smiled.
One day after she had been coming to the clinic for a year or more she
was arranging to send some money to Austria and trying to fill out the
necessary papers. As she was about to write her mother's name
everything before her became a blank, and she experienced an intense
pain accompanied by a burning sensation in her eyes. She was so
frightened that she wanted to cry, but suddenly she thought about the
clinic and how her pain had been relieved by the palming. She covered
her eyes with the palms of her hands for a little while, and then the
pain became less and the questions on the blank began to clear up.
When she tried to write, however, everything became a blank once more.
Again she palmed, and this time her sister, who was with her, reminded
her that she must palm for a longer time if she wanted to get results.
She then palmed for fifteen minutes, her sister encouraging her as she
did so. When she removed her hands from her eyes the print before her
appeared perfectly distinct, she wrote the necessary answers without
any difficulty, and had no more trouble with her eyes that day. She
was extremely happy when she told me this. To think that she had been
able to improve her sight and relieve her pain without assistance
thrilled her.
When I last saw her, six months ago, her vision was 10/10 without
glasses, and she had no pain.
____
Pain 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 - February 1921 - No. 2
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