Umfang:
vii, 330 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780813943329
,
9780813943312
Serie:
Peculiar bodies
Inhalt:
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.
Inhalt:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813943336
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Mounsey, Chris, 1959 - Sight correction Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019 ISBN 0813943337
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813943336
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
England
;
Augenheilkunde
;
Blindheit
;
Sehbehinderung
;
Therapie
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
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