Eye care and diseases ephemera. Box 1.
- Ephemera
About this work
Description
Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Grimstone's Snuff was advertised as restoring sight and curing nervous headache. Includes leaflets about artificial eyes, cataracts, squint, glaucoma, surma, trachoma, Krayner pinhole glasses and laser eye surgery (or laser vision correction), "Schone deine Augen durch besseres Licht" (eye-shaped piece of paper, 1950s?), Eye Logic spray relief for dry eyes (2010), Optrex eye drops, eye wash, ActiMist eye spray (for dry eyelids, 2010?), Macular Disease Society (raffle ticket 2012), Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA Support Group of the Myrtle Ellis Fund), Holophane Limited correcting lighting for school rooms - avoiding eye-strain (London, 1924), NHS minor eye conditions scheme (Lewisham, Lambeth 2013), 'Flashes and floaters' (Boots : 2014), Digital retinal photography (Boots), Nystagmus Network, Keratoconus Group, 'Visually impaired?' (Hertfordshire Society for the Blind), 'Ophthalmology' (NHS National Institute for Health Research : 2014)
Physical description
Exhibitions note
Languages
Subjects
- Vision Disorders
- Eye Diseases
- Eye, Artificial
- Cataract
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Strabismus
- Glaucoma
- Trachoma
- Nystagmus, Physiologic
- Keratoconus
- Laser Therapy
- Macular Degeneration
- Interior lighting
- Lewisham (London, England)
- Lambeth (London, England)
- Sightsavers
- Optical Express
- Boots UK Limited
- Optical Information Council
- Focus Laser Vision
- Holophane Limited
- Macular Disease Society
- Myrtle Ellis Fund
- Nystagmus Network
- Keratoconus Group
- Hertfordshire Society for the Blind
- National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH670