Sight correction : vision and blindness in eighteenth-century Britain / Chris Mounsey.
- Chris Mounsey
- Date:
- 2019
- Books
About this work
Description
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Physical description
vii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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Subjects
- History, 18th Century
- OphthalmologyGreat BritainHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- Vision disordersTreatmentGreat BritainHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- OphthalmologistsGreat BritainHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- BlindGreat BritainHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- People with visual disabilitiesGreat BritainHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- VisionSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory, 18th Century
- BlindnessSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory, 18th Century
- MedicineHistoryHistory, 18th Century
- Eye Diseaseshistory
- Vision Disordershistory
- Blindnesshistory
- Ophthalmologistshistory
- Visually Impaired Personshistory
- United Kingdom
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineQC.41.AA7Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780813943329
- 9780813943312
- 0813943310