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Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity - Social Histories of Medicine Gemma Almond-Brown
Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity - Social Histories of Medicine
Gemma Almond-Brown
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. -- .
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 20, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781526194855 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 16 mm · 349 g |
| Language | English |