Physiologie de la lecture et de l'criture [Paperback]

?mile Javal's 1905 book is a pioneering study of how the eye reads, covering historical, theoretical and practical considerations.?mile Javals Physiologie de la Lecture and de LEcriture (1905) was one of the first studies to tackle the difficult question of how the eye reads. The work of a renowned ophthalmologist, Physiologie examines the history, theoretical considerations, and practical conclusions behind a physiology of reading and writing.?mile Javals Physiologie de la Lecture and de LEcriture (1905) was one of the first studies to tackle the difficult question of how the eye reads. The work of a renowned ophthalmologist, Physiologie examines the history, theoretical considerations, and practical conclusions behind a physiology of reading and writing.Physiologie de la Lecture and de L'Ecriture (1905) was ?mile Javal's seventh book. Initially trained as an engineer, Javal turned to medicine and to ophthalmology when he saw his sister suffering from defects of vision. He became a renowned ophthalmologist, developing the Javal-Schi?tz ophthalmometer, treating strabismus, and founding the Sorbonne's ophthalmology lab. Tragically, Javal developed glaucoma and was blind by 1900. His work investigates the 'physiology of reading and writing', undertaking historical, theoretical, and practical approaches to his subject. Javal's work first examines the history behind reading and writing; he discusses epigraphy, writing, typography, stenography, musical notation, and 'ecriture en relief', a writing system for the blind, before turning to theoretical considerations and concluding with practical deductions. Physiologie represents Javal's interest in advancing a writing system for the blind by studying how the eye reads; his was one of the first works to do so.Introduction; Part I. Notions historiques: 1. Evolution de l'?pigraphie; 2. Evolution de l'?criture; 3. Evolution de la typographie; 4. Evolution de la st?nographie; 5. Evolution de l'?criture musicale; 6. Evoll“µ