Stories From the Clinic was first published in 1926. The book was printed on Dr. Bates' publishing company: Central Fixation Publishing Co.

In the book Emily C. Lierman presents numerous interesting case histories drawn from her clinical experience as Dr. Bates' assistant. The articles comprising this book were first published in the monthly magazine 'Better Eyesight' during a period of five years.

• Preface
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Suggestions
• Aids to Perfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses
• Test Card Practice
• Fundamentals By William H. Bates
• Sun Treatment
• Chapter I - Experiences with School Children
  • Topsy
  • Three Similar Cases
  • Joey And Patsy
  • Hyman
  • Betty And John
  • Marjory
  • Katherine
  • Staring
  • Memory
  • What Memory Did For Jennie
  • Alice
  • Jim And Others
  • Kindergarten Children Benefited
  • The Little Teacher
  • Benefits of the Sun Glass
  • Nystagmus
  • Hysterical Blindness
  • The Two Graduates
  • How Marie Helped Her Mother
  • The High School Boys
  • The Story of Lillian And Her Sister Rose
  • The Party
  • Christmas At the Clinic
  • Our Last Christmas At The Harlem Hospital Clinic
  • Christmas, 1923
  • Christmas, 1924
• Chapter II - Myopia or Near-Sight
  • The Ambulance Driver
  • Other Cases of Myopia
  • Progressive Myopia
  • Cured In One Visit
• Chapter III - Squint or Cross Eyes
  • Squint - Case No. 1
  • Squint - Case No. 2
  • Squint - Case No. 3
  • Squint - Case No. 4
  • Squint - Case No. 5
• Chapter IV - Eyestrain
  • Palming
  • Concentration Is Bad
  • Mental Pictures
  • Imagination Relieves Pain
  • Pain
  • Pain Relieved By Sun Treatment
  • Quick Cures
  • Criminals
  • Mental Strain - Case No. 1
  • Mental Strain - Case No. 2
  • The Woman With Asthma
• Chapter V - Presbyopia
  • Presbyopia - Case No. 1
  • Presbyopia - Case No. 2
  • Presbyopia - Case No. 3
  • Presbyopia - Case No. 4
  • Presbyopia - Case No. 5
  • My Young Assistant
• Chapter VI - Various Interesting Cases
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Operations At the Clinic
  • An Accident
  • Iritis - Case No. 1
  • Iritis - Cases No. 2 and 3
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa - Case No. 1
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa - Case No. 2
  • A Case of Interstitial Keratitis
  • Albert
  • Atrophy of the Optic Nerve - Case No. 1
  • Atrophy of the Optic Nerve - Case No. 2
  • Absolute Glaucoma
  • Opacity of the Cornea
  • How Patients Benefit Others
• Chapter VII - Paralysis
  • Partial Paralysis of the Third Nerve
  • Paralysis of an Eye Muscle
  • Sarah
• Chapter VIII - Cataract
  • Cataract - Cases Nos. 1 and 2
  • Cataract - Case No. 3
  • Cataract - Case No. 4
  • Cataract - Case No. 5
  • Cataract - Case No. 6
  • Cataract - Case No. 7
  • Jocky
• Chapter IX - Blindness
  • A Blind Boy
  • A Hospital Patient
  • Shock Causes Blindness
  • Rosalie
  • Eleanor
  • What Palming And Exercise Did For a Blind Man
  • The Blind Girl