title: Babe Ruth: with vision like that, how could he hit the ball?
abstract: Unfortunately, it is unlikely that a definitive answer will be known. We believe that it is most likely that Ruth was not amblyopic. This seems possible only if Dr. Kara had missed some amblyogenic factor such as strabismus or a significant refractive error. Our favored solution is that Ruth's unilateral vision loss was a complication of his cancer, and that Dr. Kara's examination occurred before the optic nerve damage became detectable. Of course, this is in disagreement with the ophthalmologist who examined his eyes.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voisin
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000266:history*; D001484:Baseball / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States