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Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity

Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gemma Almond-BrownSeries:Social Histories of Medicine #47Publish date:2023-09-05Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526161352ISBN-10:1526161354UPC:9781526161352Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, HistoryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCZ7XM42V7
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 disability, it charts how technology has influenced our understanding of sensory perception, both through the diagnostic methods used to measure visual impairment and the utility of spectacles to ameliorate its effects. Taking a material culture approach, the book assesses how the design of spectacles thwarted ophthalmologists' attempts to medicalise their distribution and use, as well as creating a mainstream marketable device on the high street.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526161352ISBN-10:1526161354UPC:9781526161352Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, HistoryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCZ7XM42V7
Gemma Almond-Brown is an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University and Research Development Officer at National Museum Wales
Publisher: Manchester University Press

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