Re: The Scientific Basis of Soon's Graph

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Re: The Scientific Basis of Soon's Graph

Otis

30 Jun 2009 01:46

Dear Judy,

Subject: Publication Costs.

As you know, there is an effort to get any "U.S. Goverment Funded
Study" to be published on the "net" -- for free.

The idea is that the taxpayer (You and I) have paid for it, why should
we have to pay $30 for research we already paid for.

It would be easy to write this into funding requests to the National
Eye Institute.

In this case, however, I don't think this was the case.

I have received a copy of the paper by Flitcroft, and think it is
EXCELLENT.

I think that ANY SERIOUS PREVEIVE STUDY -- should be required to read
and discuss this paper -- before any preventive effort was started.

Thus the person could NEVER be considered a "subject", or a "patient",
but a co-reseacher in the science of the dynamic behavior of the eye
-- as he would measure it.

Science and second-opinion best,

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Dr Judy	27 Jun 2009 03:31
> Subject: The Scientific Basis of Soon’s Graph. > > Perhaps this paper is on the “Web”. Maybe some of you could find it? Costs about $30 to read via Elsevier http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9797983 > Vision Research 38 (1998) 2869 – 2879 > > A Model of the contribution of oculomotor and optical factors to > emmetropization and myopia. > > D. I. Flitcroft

Otis

26 Jun 2009 13:10

Subject: The Scientific Basis of Soon’s Graph.

Re: Ophthalmologist D. I. Flitcroft’s Analytic Paper of the
Fundamental Eye's Dynamic Behavior

Soon’s graphs are simplification and clarification of developing
scientific and medical thinking about the behavior of the fundamental
eye.

Thus, while denied by the majority-opinion optometrists, they are
analyzed ophthalmologists.

For the record, here is the paper. Since many of you don’t like the
concept of prevention, and to respect Dr. D. I. Flitcroft, let us just
call this the professional (preventive) second-opinion, and thus avoid
the endless personal attacks that have no place in science.

Perhaps this paper is on the “Web”. Maybe some of you could find it?

VISION RESEARCH

PERGAMON

Vision Research 38 (1998) 2869 – 2879

A Model of the contribution of oculomotor and optical factors to
emmetropization and myopia.

D. I. Flitcroft

INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
University College Dublin
60 Eccles Street
Dublin 7, Ireland

ABSTRACT:

The purpose of this work was to investigate quantitatively the
interactions between accommodation, vergence and a mechanism of
emmetropization driven by optical blur within the retinal image with a
view to developing a model that provides and explanation of both
normal emmetropization and near-work associated myopia…..

I would recommend that anyone who wishes to challenge Soon’s graph
(which is an extension of this paper, obtain the paper and READ IT.

Enjoy,

Otis

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