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William Bates, a Common card
William Horatio Bates was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates method for better eyesight.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,700
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The method was based in his theory that the eye does not focus by changing the power of the lens, but rather by elongating the eyeball through use of the extraocular oblique muscles, this model contradicted mainstream ophthalmology and optometry then and now.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Bates article was read about 6,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Bates (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thefox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
