If eyeglasses did not exist in ancient history, how did people with poor vision see?
Published by on Tagged Vision
overcast asked:
I depend on my eyeglasses to see clearly, without them I literally can’t make out much of anything, it’s just a big blur. How did cavemen and people in history before eyeglasses were available manage to see without prescription eyeglasses if they had poor to horrible vision. Were they rendered useless or considered handicap, maybe even thought of as going blind?
I depend on my eyeglasses to see clearly, without them I literally can’t make out much of anything, it’s just a big blur. How did cavemen and people in history before eyeglasses were available manage to see without prescription eyeglasses if they had poor to horrible vision. Were they rendered useless or considered handicap, maybe even thought of as going blind?
April 17th, 2008 at 2:45 am
The sabertoothed tiger lurking behind those bushes ahhhhhhhhhh.
The bright side they didnt have to read or drive so possibly didnt have to read or drive so possibly didnt even notice if the condition wasnt too bad but on the down side they couldnt see the down side they were blind on the bright side they couldnt see the bright side.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:08 am
i wonder that too since i really need glasses
they probably just worked and followed their other senses (touch, smell, taste, and hear)
April 19th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
They didn’t.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
The people with freat vision were the warriors and hunters. The people with bad distance vision and gread Near vision could do close work….baskets and pots and take care of small things like detailed beadded work. They most likely took care of the little babies too. There is a job and place for everyone. Even then.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Eyeglasses at some point in italy between 1268 and other obstructions they started making lenses out how to make glass without bubbles and were usually set into bone metal or.
April 25th, 2008 at 1:37 am
I suspect there weren’t nearly as many near-sighted people back then. Kids would be gathering food with their parents, or playing with other kids, not burying their noses in books. It’s controversial, but there is evidence from animal experiments that shows that prolonged near work can promote nearsightedness.
There would have been some people born with poor vision; maybe they’d learn to cope with it, or get by with help from family, and hopefully find some way to contribute.