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An account of persons who could not distinguish colours.

Phil. Trans., 67, 260-65. 1777.

First reliable record of color blindness. Written in the form of a letter to Joseph Priestley, who communicated it to the Royal Society. Huddart was a British hydrographer, engineer and inventor.

Facet Tags

Ophthalmology & Vision
Genetics & Heredity

Subjects

GENETICS / HEREDITY › HEREDITARY / CONGENITAL DISEASES OR DISORDERS › Color-Blindness OPHTHALMOLOGY › Physiology of Vision

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