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== Bates' mental health ==
BATES IS FLIMIN SWINT!! I AM NOT DEAD! I LIVE IN A TRASH CAN IN VIRGINIA! GO ME I DIDNT DIE OR TH GRADE!!!HAVE AMNEASIA. IM IN THE
Bates appears to have suffered from a strange episode of [[amnesia]] (or possible [[psychogenic fugue]]), referred to in his obituary,<ref name="obituary">{{cite web | url=http://www.i-see.org/bates_obit.html | title=Obituary of William H. Bates | publisher=New York Times | date=July 11, 1931}}</ref> perhaps wrongly as 'a strange form of [[aphasia]]'. He disappeared, was found, and then disappeared again, only to reappear after his second wife, who searched in vain for him, had died. This episode was said to have given him a particular interest in memory, perhaps influencing the direction of his work. He was married three times, the last time being, in 1928, to the widow '''Emily C. Lierman''', who had been for many years his assistant. In 1943 she published an abridged version of his book ''Perfect Sight Without Glasses'', under the title ''Better Eyesight Without Glasses''.
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