Physiologie de la lecture et de l'écriture

Émile Javal's 1905 book is a pioneering study of how the eye reads, covering historical, theoretical and practical considerations.

Émile Javal (Author)

9781108009140, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 March 2010

320 pages, 96 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg

Physiologie de la Lecture and de L'Ecriture (1905) was Émile 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-Schiøtz 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'épigraphie
2. Evolution de l'écriture
3. Evolution de la typographie
4. Evolution de la sténographie
5. Evolution de l'écriture musicale
6. Evolution de l'écriture en relief
Part II. 7. Optique de l'oeil
8. De l'acuité visuelle indépendamment de l'éclairage
9. Influence de l'éclairage sur l'acuité visuelle
10. Les pleins et les déliés en typographie
11. Acuité tactile
12. Méchanisme de l'écriture
14. Rapidité de l'écriture et de la lecture
Part III. Déductions pratiques: 15. L'éclairage public et privé
16. Les livres et la myopie
17. Typographie compacte
18 Propagation de l'écriture droite
19. Enseignement de l'écriture
20. La lecture enseignée par l'écriture
21. Planchette à écrire des aveugles
22. Déchiffrement des mauvaises écritures
23. Graphologie
24. Expertises en écritures
25. Moyen d'accélérer la lecture des aveugles
Conclusion à l'usage des pédagogues.

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