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Vision and the Eye

Blindness in Children: The Global Perspective. It is not only a personal tragedy to be born or to acquire blindness in early life but also a major socioeconomic problem. Tragically many cases are preventable. Professor Clare Gilbert will explain why children become blind and how programs instigated worldwide treatment and prevent blindness.

Professor William Ayliffe is Emeritus Professor of Physic at Gresham College and a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Lister Hospital in London. (from gresham.ac.uk)

10. Blindness in Children: The Global Perspective


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01. The Human Eye and Vision
02. Braille and the History of Blindness
03. I-dentity
04. The History of Cataract Surgery
05. Visual Perception
06. Inflammatory Eye Disease
07. Fun with Visual Illusions
08. Correction of Optical Defects: From Spectacles to Lasers
09. Diabetes, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases of the Eye
10. Blindness in Children: The Global Perspective
11. Why We See What We Do
12. Colour
13. The Ageing Eye
14. The Evolution of Vision
15. Vision and the Artist
16. Animal Eyes
17. Technology and Vision
18. The Window on the Soul