[...]
While many persons are benefited by the accepted methods of treating
defects of vision, there is a minority of cases, known to every eye
specialist, which gets little or no help from them. These patients

Would some of the medical professionals mind weighing in on the BAK
question?  It seems a widespread believe (after surfing around) that
this stuff is really bad news, with people going so far as to claim
that it was the sole cause of their dry eye or MGD.  Is there any

[...]
The publication in 1867 by Professor Hermann Cohn of Breslau of a
study of the eyes of ten thousand school children first called general
attention to the fact that while myopia is seldom found in the pre-

[...]
You cannot see anything with perfect sight unless you have seen it
before. When the eye looks at an unfamiliar object it always strains
more or less to see that object, and an error of refraction is always

I have worn the Cibavision Focus Night & Day lenses for several years, and
found them quite comfortable.
Recently at the OD though, he gave me a sample of "AirOptix Night and Day",
by the same company.

Our eyes cones only have 2% blue. But how come we
can see blue clearly? Where in the brain is the blue
amplifier located and how exactly is it amplified?
Trish

[...]
That the results of the present method of treating defects of vision
are far from satisfactory is something which no one would attempt to
deny. It is well known that many wander from one specialist to

Dear Scientific friends,
I have read his paper -- in considerable detail.
But since most of you have not, here is a review of his (second-
opinion) judgment about the effect that over-prescribing (for "best

Dear Judy,
Subject:  You skipped past these items, so I post again.
Judy> These are models not actual evidence. Got anything more recent,
something published less than 15 years ago?

Excerpt for Review, by Ophthalmologist D. I. Flitcroft.
British Journal of Ophthalmology 1998;82:210-211; doi:10.1136/bjo.
82.3.210
Copyright © 1998 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Can anyone comment on the safety of using Alrex long term?  My doc has
started me on it for mild (but annoying) dry eye. The idea was to use
it twice per day for a month, then if things are good, taper down to
once or twice per week indefinitely.  If things aren't all better, we

Dear Bill,
As a Ph.D. Engineer, you are going to be interested in scientific
facts, and not all the "fluff" that exists on this site.
To read Chapter 6 properly, copy it and then paste it into a "text"

Dear Bill,
Here is a true demonstration of Soon's graph.
But it takes a scientist to do it RIGHT.
This is of course the second-opinion that a "lens" has a profound

[...]
An invariable symptom of all abnormal conditions of the eyes, whether
functional or organic, is the loss of central fixation. When a person
with perfect vision looks at a letter on the Snellen test card he can

Dear Bill,
Subject: Why a wise scientific mind is necessary for scientific
"proof".
When Einstein proposed his theory that "Energy" had mass -- everyone