Myopia (Re: [Regia-NA] Another authenticity issue)

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My husband was severely myopic from an early age--I doubt it was caused by
comic books!  The running joke in our house is that he'd've been one of
those Chalice-of-Ardagh quality metalsmiths since he could see fine detail
that I can't see without a magnifying glass.

I think people would've gravitated to tasks suited to their abilities and
physical limitations.

--charlotte mayhew



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Hi

Like many I also cannot survive modern life without glasses, and I also
can't wear contacts.

It doesn't stop me doing anything including fighting, cooking or sewing. In
fact in many ways the lack of long distance sight is a welcome relief,
allowing me to concentrate on the job in hand and not worry about what those
fuzzy shapes 20 yards away are up to :D

As to how the coped 1000 years ago, I once read that the modern complaint of
myopia would have been very rare due to the fact that although it is a
complaint which often appears to be passed through the genes, it requires an
external trigger (the reading of books) to bring the condition 'on'.

So in a primitive environment with no books, my short-sightedness may never
have developed in the first place.

Guğroğ Of Colanhomm

"Literature stops in 1100. After that it's just books"
J.R.R. Tolkien


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What do people who need glasses do? If they can't wear
contacts, I mean.
I started thinking about it, and I realized that by
the time I really needed glasses, I'd already passed
the average life expectancy for people in the middle
ages.
So what did they do when a person got some age related
disability? Strand them on an ice floe?
Edwinna


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