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Deafness

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Images

  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.
  • The anatomy of the human ear, illustrated by a series of engravings, of the natural size with a treatise on the diseases of that organ. The causes of deafness, and their proper treatment / By the late John Cunningham Saunders.
  • A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • A man attempting to alert a deaf farmer using an ear trumpet as to the plight of his horses and cart. Coloured etching.
  • Christ cures a deaf mute man with his hands. Woodcut.
  • The Deaf and Dumb institution, Cabra, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after C. Geoghegan.
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • Sordomuti institute, Bologna: bird's eye view of the San Giuseppe courtyard. Process print.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to work / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1834.
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Works

    • Books

    Vocational guidance for the deaf : a classified guide to the basic requirements for occupations open to the profoundly deaf / G.W.G. Montgomery.

    Montgomery, George, 1926- | Date: 1967
    • Books

    Opportunity and the deaf child / by Irene R. Ewing and Alex W.G. Ewing.

    Ewing, Irene R. (Irene Rosetta), -1959 | Date: 1950
    • Books

    The education of deaf children : the possible place of finger spelling and signing report of the committee appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science in October, 1964.

    | Date: 1968
    • Books

    Noise, hearing and deafness / Philip H. Beales.

    Beales, Philip H. | Date: [1965]
    • Books

    Deafness practically illustrated: being an exposition of original views as to the nature, causes, and treatment of diseases of the ear / By James Yearsley.

    Yearsley, James, 1805-1869 | Date: 1850
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