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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    QC.41.AA7
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780813943329
  • 9780813943312
  • 0813943310