Abstract
MR. CARTER'S recent paper on “Civilisation and Eyesight” has called up interesting remarks from Lord Rayleigh and Mr. J. R. Capron, but there seems to be a factor yet unconsidered connected with sharpness of eyesight which is not dependent on the varying aperture of the pupil of the eye. The same amount of light exerts different degrees of stimulus on different individuals, and even in the same person the optic nerves are differently affected, according to his health or age. The pathologist is familiar with the exalted irritability induced by inflammation.
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BUCKTON, G. Civilisation and Eyesight. Nature 31, 407–408 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/031407e0
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