Sight Correction : Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain /

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"This book is both an empirical study of the mechanics, economics, and personal accounts of eye surgery and an exploration of the lives of historical people who were affected by vision and its failure, from eye-care specialists to blind writers who could not be cured"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mounsey, Chris, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vision disorders > Treatment.
People with visual disabilities.
Ophthalmology.
Ophthalmologists.
Blindness > Social aspects.
Blind.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Cecite > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siecle.
Vision > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siecle.
Personnes aveugles > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Ophtalmologistes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Troubles de la vision > Traitement > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Ophtalmologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
History, 18th Century
Disabled Persons > history
Blindness > history
Ophthalmologists > history
Vision Disorders > history
Eye Diseases > history
BLIND.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Blindness > Social aspects > Great Britain > 18th century.
Vision > Social aspects > Great Britain > 18th century.
People with visual disabilities > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Blind > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Ophthalmologists > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Vision disorders > Treatment > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Ophthalmology > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain.
United Kingdom
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Philosophy, sight, and blindness -- Blindness Is not a "disability" : before compulsory able-bodiedness -- Text as theory : understanding sight and blindness in the eighteenth century -- Unofficial eye care : William Read and Mary Cater -- Official eye care : William Cheselden and Peter Kennedy -- A profession of couching : John "Chevalier" Taylor -- Free and accessible eye care for all : John Taylor, oculist of Hatton Garden -- Thomas Gills of St. Edmunds-Bury and the itinerant giver -- John Maxwell : the beauty of gardens -- Priscilla Pointon gets married. 
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