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Letter: Earlier lessons for the myopia epidemic?

Published 1 January 2025

From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

Further to the discussion of early-onset myopia, it occurs to me that some of the themes were explored in Aldous Huxley’s 1942 book The Art of Seeing and W. H. Bates’s 1920 book Perfect Sight Without Glasses, from which the former draws (Letters, 7 December 2024).

These were both condemned by eye health professionals, although neither seem to have been written with avarice or an agenda other than to suggest methods to exercise the eyes to minimise degenerative effects. Most notably, the books promote the idea of regularly spending more time outdoors without wearing optical aids to take advantage of brighter light and longer distances.

Issue no. 3524 published 4 January 2025

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