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The Victorians: Life and Death

The nineteenth century, above all in Europe, was the age...

The transparent tissues of the eye allow light to reach...

Despite sophisticated techniques; Laser, intraocular surgery and contact lenses; spectacles...

It was during these years that British statesmen first came...

Visual illusions entertain and astonish us. How and why they...

The Victorian age began as an age of realism, in...

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, communication was slow...

Inflammatory eye disease is the commonest cause of acquired visual...

The eye, although a critical component of sight, is not...

The commonest operation in the world is responsible for restoring...