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People began to practice vision correction on a mass scale much later than they learned about the properties of lenses and developed the science of optics. Most people simply did not need glasses and their analogues. Some changes in lifestyle were needed for people to start to seriously worry about the quality of their vision. My story today is about glasses, lorgnettes, pince-nez and monocles and the place of bespectacled people in society. History of Venetian glass: • History of Murano glass Primary sources and further reading: Review of research on factors influencing the development of myopia in children: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Another article on the same topic: https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-an... History of glasses: https://www.zeiss.ru/vision-care/bett... And in Russian: https://little-histories.org/2014/07/... Glasses and psychology: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/bl... Support the channel with exclusive materials for subscribers: Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated Patreon: / julia_bolchakova My social networks: Instagram: / perpetual_foreigner Facebook (please follow): / julia.bolchakova All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and feel that they were used inappropriately, please, contact me and I'll do all necessary changes.