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  • The eagle remedy for poor eyesight, 13th century
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit. Oil painting by a Dutch painter, 17th century.
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit. Oil painting by a Dutch painter, 17th century.
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit. Oil painting by a Dutch painter, 17th century.
  • Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit in the presence of Raphael and Anna. Gouache painting by a Spanish painter, 19th (?) century.
  • A optician gives an old lady an eye test, she asks him to read it for her as her eyesight is not very good. Reproduction of a drawing after E.H. Shepard, 1926.
  • A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.
  • Tobias curing the eyesight of Tobit under the direction of Raphael, two cherubs hold up a banner with printed text and a coat of arms, while a crowd pray to an angel. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, c. 1686, after G. Freman.
  • Two coloured glass eye baths in blue and green.
  • Green glass eyebath
  • Green glass eye bath.
  • Selection of eye baths
  • Selection of eye baths
  • Two coloured glass eye baths in blue and green.
  • Pond turtle (Emydidae) eye
  • Human eye
  • Normal eye - close-up
  • Visual distortion
  • Human eye
  • World map in the form of an FFA of the retina
  • Visual distortion
  • Visual distortion
  • Visual distortion
  • Sclera (white part) of the human eye
  • Human eye
  • Visual distortion
  • Contact lens
  • Contact lens
  • Blood vessels emerging from the optic disc