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21.03.2016 | Historical and Literary
Sir William Wilde and provision for the blind in nineteenth-century Ireland
Erschienen in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Ausgabe 2/2016
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As Assistant Commissioner for the Census of Ireland Sir William Wilde worked as an early epidemiologist, providing information regarding the deaf-and-dumb and the blind in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland. As a social agitator he focussed the attention of the authorities to the plight of the blind and their inability to earn a living and support themselves. This paper highlights his contribution to the provision for the blind in Ireland.