On the organs of vision : their anatomy and physiology / by Thomas Nunneley.

  • Nunneley, Thomas, 1809-1870.
Date:
1858
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Credit: On the organs of vision : their anatomy and physiology / by Thomas Nunneley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OE CONTENTS. CHAPTEE I. OX SENSATION, AND THE SENSES GENERAL],Y. Definition of organs of sensation .... Number of organs of sense ..... No sixth sense Character of organs of sense ..... Function of each organ of sense peculiar and individu ference of sight to organ of touch or any other sense impossible Classification of organs of sense ...... il to it: trans PAQK 1 2 3 4 5 7 CHAPTER II. ON THE FEELINGS AND IDEAS ASCRIBED TO, AND DERIVED FROM, THE SENSE OF VISION. Extent and importance of the sense of sight .... Blind people have an accurate notion of space Many of the visual ideals originally belong to the sense of touch Brown's opinion of the visual figure examined Ditto of olfactory sensation ....... Visible and tangible figures ....... Sow the eye judges of distance; projection and magnitude by Differences in visible figure ...... Action of ocular muscles Previous knowledge of .the country ..... Variation in size of pupil ...... Variation in refractive power of eye . .... Small size of visible picture ....... The results of reasoning as to the original powers of the eye confirmed l»y observation of infancy and of those who have undergone opera tion for congenita] cataract ........ Not inn of so) nc writers that light is not even essential to colour examined 10 1.3 16 16 18 19 20 21 23 U 26 27 29
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