Sight correction : vision and blindness in eighteenth-century Britain
著者
書誌事項
Sight correction : vision and blindness in eighteenth-century Britain
（Peculiar bodies : stories and histories）
University of Virginia Press, c2019
- : cloth
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "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
収録内容
- 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