Spectacles and the Victorians : measuring, defining and shaping visual capacity /

This is the first full-length study of spectacles in the Victorian period. It examines how the Victorians shaped our understanding of functional visual capacity and the concept of 20/20 vision. Demonstrating how this unique assistive device can connect the histories of medicine, technology and disab...

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Main Author: Almond-Brown, Gemma (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2023].
Series:Social histories of medicine.
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Evans: Library Stacks

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Call Number: GT2370 .A46 2023
 
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