Doubts concerning the inversion of objects on the retina / by Marmaduke Berdoe.
- Marmaduke Berdoe
- Date:
- 1772
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Doubts concerning the inversion of objects on the retina / by Marmaduke Berdoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ *7 ] the fentiment of the touch, that fuch error is duely redlified. / • The more modem productions of Dr. Porterfield and Mr. Reid, leave us not without our doubts, as the former allows the inverted icon on the retina, but fup- pofes that the foul does not judge from the adlual poiition of the objedl. The latter feems to conform to the general idea or axi- Q om in the vifual laws, viz. That without the paintings of objedls on the optic nerves or retina, vilion muft be imperfedl, but does not altpgether agree with the general notions of the foul’s judgment, and fuppofes vihon to be an immediate perception, The little fatisfadlion I could procure my- felf from books towards the inveftigation of this apparent contradi&ion in nature’s works, made me give over all thoughts of accompl idl¬ ing it by any hints I might receive from others. I fearched into the moil reputed authors on C that 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30549127_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
