The debut publication in a new Series devoted to the body as an
object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive
analysis of blindness in eighteenth-century Britain, developing a
new methodology for conceptualizing sight impairment. Beginning
with a reconsideration of the place of sight correction as both
idea and reality in eighteenth-century philosophical debates, Chris
Mounsey traces the development of eye surgery by pioneers such as
William Read, Mary Cater, and John Taylor, who developed a new idea
of medical specialism that has shaped contemporary practices. He
then turns to accounts by the visually impaired themselves,
exploring how Thomas Gills, John Maxwell, and Priscilla Pointon
deployed literature strategically as a necessary response to the
inadequacies of Poor Laws to support blind people. Situating
blindness philosophically, medically, and economically in the
eighteenth century, Sight Correction shows how the lives of both
the blind and those who sought to treat them redefined blindness in
ways that continue to inform our understanding today.
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