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Author : J. William Rosenthal
Publisher : Norman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780930405717
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Spectacles and Other Vision Aids written by J. William Rosenthal and published by Norman Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kerry Segrave
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485221
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Vision Aids in America written by Kerry Segrave and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the eyewear industry in America from 1900 to 2008, a period which mirrors an increased demand for eyewear. Eyeglasses, sunglasses and contacts are discussed. Topics covered include the marketing and selling of eyewear with particular attention paid to advertising strategies and the internal structures of the industry and its regulations, which have sometimes helped and sometimes hurt consumers. This critical examination reveals how a relatively simple and functional item such as corrective eyewear could be transformed through marketing into a fashion accessory and a personal statement.
Author : Alberta Kelley
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
ISBN 13 : 9780525666172
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (661 download)
Download or read book Lenses, Spectacles, Eyeglasses, and Contacts written by Alberta Kelley and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 1978 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of vision aids from ancient times to the present and discusses the medical care offered by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians, and what new development can be expected in the future.
Author : Edwin B. Mehr
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Low Vision Care written by Edwin B. Mehr and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vincent Ilardi
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871692597
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Renaissance Vision from Spectacles to Telescopes written by Vincent Ilardi and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the history of eyeglasses from their invention in Italy ca. 1286 to the appearance of the telescope three cent. later. "By the end of the 16th cent. eyeglasses were as common in western and central Europe as desktop computers are in western developed countries today." Eyeglasses served an important technological function at both the intellectual and practical level, not only easing the textual studies of scholars but also easing the work of craftsmen/small bus. During the 15th cent. two crucial developments occurred: the ability to grind convex lenses for various levels of presbyopia and the ability to grind concave lenses for the correction of myopia. As a result, eyeglasses could be made almost to prescription by the early 17th cent. Illus.
Author : Gemma Almond-Brown
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526161362
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Spectacles and the Victorians written by Gemma Almond-Brown and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Peter John Brownlee
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812295307
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book The Commerce of Vision written by Peter John Brownlee and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1837 that "Our Age is Ocular," he offered a succinct assessment of antebellum America's cultural, commercial, and physiological preoccupation with sight. In the early nineteenth century, the American city's visual culture was manifest in pamphlets, newspapers, painting exhibitions, and spectacular entertainments; businesses promoted their wares to consumers on the move with broadsides, posters, and signboards; and advances in ophthalmological sciences linked the mechanics of vision to the physiological functions of the human body. Within this crowded visual field, sight circulated as a metaphor, as a physiological process, and as a commercial commodity. Out of the intersection of these various discourses and practices emerged an entirely new understanding of vision. The Commerce of Vision integrates cultural history, art history, and material culture studies to explore how vision was understood and experienced in the first half of the nineteenth century. Peter John Brownlee examines a wide selection of objects and practices that demonstrate the contemporary preoccupation with ocular culture and accurate vision: from the birth of ophthalmic surgery to the business of opticians, from the typography used by urban sign painters and job printers to the explosion of daguerreotypes and other visual forms, and from the novels of Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville to the genre paintings of Richard Caton Woodville and Francis Edmonds. In response to this expanding visual culture, antebellum Americans cultivated new perceptual practices, habits, and aptitudes. At the same time, however, new visual experiences became quickly integrated with the machinery of commodity production and highlighted the physical shortcomings of sight, as well as nascent ethical shortcomings of a surface-based culture. Through its theoretically acute and extensively researched analysis, The Commerce of Vision synthesizes the broad culturing of vision in antebellum America.
Author : Walter Alden
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282836061
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)
Download or read book The Human Eye written by Walter Alden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Human Eye: Its Use and Abuse, a Popular Treatise on Far, Near and Impaired Sight, and the Methods of Preservation by the Proper Use of Spectacles, and Other Acknowledged Aids of Vision The favorable reception accorded to, and evident interest mani fested in my articles in the News and Educator, upon the subject Of The Eye and Vision, and the lack Of due information upon this important subject, suggested the idea Of this simple treatise on the preservation OF the sight, The Construction of the Eye, Near, Far, and Over Sight. This work is presented for the acceptance and approval of the public, touching a vital subject upon which little - attention has hitherto been paid. The methods Of preservmg Vision, the most precious and valuable of the senses, has been a subject too long neglected. Thousands grope along in almost total blindness, Who, by proper treatment, might have preserved their sight. It has been my aim to meet the necessity for correct information upon this interesting and important sub ject. Avoiding, as far as possible, technicalities and a scientific nomenclature, I have endeavored to present the subject in a popu. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Frank Joseph Goes
Publisher : JP Medical Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9350902745
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Eye in History written by Frank Joseph Goes and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eye in History is a comprehensive manual describing the structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and their treatment. Beginning with an introduction to anatomy and discussion on different disorders, the authors also review eye diseases of famous historical people and perception differences between men and women. The final sections discuss eye surgery and future technologies including the bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy. Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of the Goes Eye Centre in Belgium, this multi-authored book has contributions from specialists throughout Europe, as well as the USA. 830 full colour images and illustrations assist comprehension. Key points Comprehensive guide to structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and treatment Includes sections on eye diseases of famous historical people, the art of painting and perception Discusses future technologies including bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of Goes Eye Centre, Belgium, with contributions from authors across Europe and the USA Features 830 full colour images and illustrations
Author : Travis Elborough
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1408712830
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Through The Looking Glasses written by Travis Elborough and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon Garfield 'It will make you look at specs with fresh eyes' New Statesman 'Lively, engaging and admirably wide-ranging' The Times 'Fascinating' Observer The humble pair of glasses might just be one of the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur. And yet how much do many of us really think about these things perched on the ends of our noses? Through the Looking Glasses traces the fascinating story of spectacles: from their inception as primitive visual aids for monkish scribes right through to today's designer eyewear and the augmented reality of Google Glass. There are encounters with ingenious medieval Italian glassmakers, myopic Renaissance rulers and spectacle-makers, as well as the silent movie star Harold Lloyd, the rock'n'roller Buddy Holly and the full-screen figure of Marilyn Monroe. This is a book about vision and the need for humanity to see clearly, and where the impulse to improve our eyesight has led us.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dispensing of Eyeglasses by Physicians written by United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Dispensing of Eyeglasses by Physicians written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Uri M. Kupferschmidt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110777223
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Diffusion of “Small” Western Technologies in the Middle East written by Uri M. Kupferschmidt and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years we have become interested in the diffusion of “small” Western technologies in the countries of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries, the era of Imperialism and first globalization. We postulated a contrast between “small” and “big” technologies. Under the latter category we may understand railway systems, electricity grids, telegraph networks, and steam navigation, imposed by foreign powers or installed by connected local entrepreneurs. But many “small” Western technologies, such as sewing machines, typewriters, pianos, eyeglasses, and similar consumer goods, which had been developed and manufactured in Europe and America, were wanted, and willingly acquired by the agency of individual users elsewhere. In a few cases, however, the inventions had to be adapted, or were overstepped, and even delayed. Some were adopted as social markers or status symbols only by elites who could afford them. Processes of adoption and diffusion therefore differed according to cultural settings, preferences, and needs. Social and cultural historians, and social scientists, not only of the Middle East, will find in this collection of essays a new approach to the impact of Western technological inventions on the Middle East.
Author : Valerie Oliver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313033269
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture written by Valerie Oliver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-09-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of looking at the literature through a database of 58 Library of Congress subject headings. It covers topics from jeans to wedding dresses and features popular examples of how clothing is used and reflected in our culture through the literature discussed. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone curious about the unique power clothing holds in our lives. Various types of reference sources are discussed including other guides to the literature, encyclopedia, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, specialized bibliographies, and indexing and abstracting services. Electronic CD-ROM and online databases equivalents are included in the presentation of indexing and abstracting services with major networks such as OCLC, RLIN, Lexis/Nexis, and Dialog mentioned as well. In addition a list of 123 research centers, mainly libraries, is provided and arranged geographically by state, some 176 costume museums and collections of costumes located at colleges and universities are listed alphabetically, and a list of 278 periodicals on fashion, costume, clothing and related topics is provided. A database of some 58 clothing and accessory subject headings is analyzed in the Worldcat database with the literature of the top ten specific clothing and accessory subject terms limited to media publication format are covered. Additionally, histories of costume and fashion in the U.S. and works which concentrate on psychological, sociological or cultural aspects are outlined. An appendix, including the clothing and accessory database, and author and subject indexes conclude the volume.
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Author : Victoria Pitts-Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567206913
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)
Download or read book Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body [2 volumes] written by Victoria Pitts-Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop culture and the media today are saturated with the focus on the aesthetics of the human body. Magazines and infotainment shows speculate whether this or that actress had breast implants or a nose job. Americans are not just focusing on celebrities but on themselves too and today have unprecedented opportunities to rework what nature gave them. One can now drop in to have cosmetic surgery at the local mall. Contemplating the superficial nature of it all grows tiresome, and pop culture vultures and students can get a better fix for their fascination with the body beautiful through the cultural insight provided in this amazing set. Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body is a treasure trove of essays that explore the human body alphabetically by part, detailing practices and beliefs from the past and present and from around the world that are sometimes mind-blowing and eye-popping. Body parts are examined through a multifaceted cultural lens. Readers will explore how the parts are understood, what they mean to disparate societies, how they are managed, treated, and transformed, and how they are depicted and represented. The entries draw from many disciplines that are concerned to some degree or another with human bodies, including anthropology archeology, sociology, religion, political history, philosophy, art history, literary studies, and medicine. The encyclopedia proffers information on a number of cultures, tribes, and customs from East and West. Ancient practices to the latest fad, which in fact might continue ancient practices, are illuminated. Other considerations that arise in the essays include comparisons among cultures, the changing perceptions of the body, and issues of race, gender, religion, community and belonging, ethnicity, power structures, human rights.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol A. Miller
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9780781771757
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults written by Carol A. Miller and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its Fifth Edition, this text provides a comprehensive and wellness-oriented approach to the theory and practice of gerontologic nursing. Organized around the author's unique "functional consequences theory" of gerontologic nursing, the book explores "normal" age-related changes and risk factors that often interfere with optimal health and functioning, to effectively identify and teach health-promotion interventions. The author provides research-based background information and a variety of practical assessment and intervention strategies for use in every clinical setting. Highlights of this edition include expanded coverage of evidence-based practice, more first-person stories, new chapters, and clinical tools such as assessment tools recommended by the Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing.
