Explorations: Heavenly Machine: Japanese Culture: Short sightedness in Japan
Duration: 24 mins 13 secs
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films
A conversation between Alan Macfarlane and Dr Tokoro, a leading Japanese ophthalmologist, after a routine school eyesight test. Some of the possible causes and consequences of the very high rates of short-sightedness in Japan are discussed. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-10 16:38 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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