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  • Blind Asylum, Manchester, England. Line engraving, 1864.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving, 1813.
  • Concerning the blind : being a historical sketch of organised effort on behalf of the blind of Great Britain, and some thoughts concerning the mental life of a person born blind / by J.M. Ritchie.
  • Institution for the Blind, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Wood engraving.
  • John Stanley, a blind musician. Line engraving, 1784.
  • Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.
  • Christ cures blind Bartimeus near a temple. Etching.
  • Postcard showing a soldier leading a blind soldier
  • A blind-ending pipe used for milking cows
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: six blind men walk in a line, the leader trips over, the second stumbles over him, the rest are set to follow. Process print after by P. Bruegel the elder, 1568.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae. Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • "Blind Granny" holding a tankard of beer. Coloured engraving.
  • A blind man. Coloured etching attributed to M. Pfenninger.
  • "Blind Granny" holding a tankard of beer. Stipple engraving.
  • Yorkshire School for the Blind, York, England. Tinted lithograph.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Engraving, 1834, after H. West.
  • Institution for the Blind, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild.
  • Institution for the Blind, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • John Metcalf, a blind man, aged 88. Stipple engraving, 1864.
  • John Richards, a blind beggar. Etching, 1803, after J. Nixon.
  • 'XX. Cabul - A 'Kuttar' or string of blind beggars'
  • John, in English, in type for the blind. Part 2.
  • John, in English, in type for the blind. Part 2.
  • John, in English, in type for the blind. Part 2.
  • John, in English, in type for the blind. Part 2.
  • John, in English, in type for the blind. Part 2.
  • Margaret M'Avoy, blind but with remarkable perception. Stipple print, 1819.
  • Death surprising a blind man resting on a rock. Stipple engraving.