The blind man's world an English version of Entre aveugles : advice to people who have recently lost their sight / by Emile Javal ; translated by W. Ernest Thomson.

  • Javal, Émile, 1839-1907.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The blind man's world an English version of Entre aveugles : advice to people who have recently lost their sight / by Emile Javal ; translated by W. Ernest Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. The scope of Dr. Javal's Entre Aveugles is so well defined by himself that any remarks by way of introduction to English readers are hardly necessary. Further, the original has been so well received, and indeed so extensively quoted by reviewers, that no apology is called for in thus widening its circulation. A German Edition is in course of publication, and considerable portions of the book have appeared at various times in the embossed magazines. I may, however, be permitted to say one or two words. The title, although clear enough in French, presented such great difficulties that it was necessary to give the English version a new title. In seeking for a suitable one the contents of the book were carefully considered, and eventually The Blind Man's World was submitted to the author, who accepted it. One or two difficulties occurred in the translation of certain terms. In most instances the French words have been placed in brackets after these.