Sight correction : vision and blindness in eighteenth-century Britain / Chris Mounsey.
- Mounsey, Chris, 1959-
- 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
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- OphthalmologyGreat BritainHistory18th century
- Vision disordersTreatmentGreat BritainHistory18th century
- OphthalmologistsGreat BritainHistory18th century
- BlindGreat BritainHistory18th century
- People with visual disabilitiesGreat BritainHistory18th century
- VisionSocial aspectsGreat Britain18th century
- BlindnessSocial aspectsGreat Britain18th century
- MedicineHistory18th century
- Eye Diseaseshistory
- Vision Disordershistory
- Blindnesshistory
- Ophthalmologistshistory
- Visually Impaired Personshistory
- History, 18th Century
- 18th century
- United Kingdom
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineQC.41.AA7Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780813943329
- 9780813943312
- 0813943310