ISBN:
9781526161376
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 282 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Social histories of medicine
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Almond-Brown, Gemma Spectacles and the Victorians
DDC:
617.752
Keywords:
19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.)
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Eyeglasses
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British & Irish history
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Geschichte der Medizin
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HIS015060
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HISTORY / Social History
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History of medicine
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MEDICAL / History
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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SCIENCE / History
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Social & cultural history
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Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
Abstract:
This book explores how the Victorians standardised vision and transformed spectacle use. It offers new insights into how technology and its adoption in medical and non-medical contexts shaped, and continues to shape, our understanding of sensory perception and the assimilation of assistive devices.
Abstract:
Intro -- Front Matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of table -- Acknowledgements -- Introducing Victorian spectacle wear -- Early Victorian understandings of vision and spectacles, 1830-1850 -- The 'normal eye' as seen through technology: a quest for medical control, 1850-1904 -- Challenging (ab)normalcy: expansion in manufacture, design and access, 1851-1904 -- The limits of professionalism: medical practitioners, opticians and popular responses to sight loss, 1880-1904 -- Fashioning the eye and seeing, 1830-1904 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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