{"id":543431,"date":"2010-04-26T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.modernmechanix.com\/?p=9502"},"modified":"2010-04-26T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:42:59","slug":"spirals-on-revolving-bike-wheel-exercise-weak-eyes-sep-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/543431","title":{"rendered":"Spirals on Revolving Bike Wheel Exercise Weak Eyes  (Sep, 1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"galContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.modernmechanix.com\/2010\/04\/26\/spirals-on-revolving-bike-wheel-exercise-weak-eyes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.modernmechanix.com\/mags\/qf\/c\/ModernMechanix\/9-1931\/med_eye_exercise.jpg\" border=0><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Spirals on Revolving Bike Wheel Exercise Weak Eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DR. OTTO THOMPSON, an optometrist of Waukegan, &#8220;Illinois, in exercising and strengthening weakened eyes of patients, makes use of an old bicycle wheel covered with a dark cloth and marked with a spiral yellow line that ends at a colored &#8220;flasher.&#8221;<span id=\"more-9502\"><\/span> The patient is instructed to look at the yellow line and, as the wheel turns clockwise, his gaze eventually reaches the flasher, whereupon the eye movements start all over again.<\/p>\n<p>The treatment is based on the principle that eye muscles need exercise just like any other muscles of the body if they are to remain strong and one&#8217;s eyesight is to be at its best.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/k7wMTknmbFZGDDVGQyOCBSlDXgY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/k7wMTknmbFZGDDVGQyOCBSlDXgY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/k7wMTknmbFZGDDVGQyOCBSlDXgY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/k7wMTknmbFZGDDVGQyOCBSlDXgY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:ACf-c_HutVc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?d=ACf-c_HutVc\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?i=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?i=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?i=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?a=uDXn1vFfV0Y:G4RdqcTkFQU:UT3xtbGYFzA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ModernMechanix?d=UT3xtbGYFzA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/ModernMechanix\/~4\/uDXn1vFfV0Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirals on Revolving Bike Wheel Exercise Weak Eyes DR. 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