January is World Braille Month in honor of Louis Braille who was born on 4 January 1809. Blinded at 3 years of age, he developed the system of raised dots that is now the established system for blind reading materials. Blindness is caused by a variety of diseases and battlefield trauma. Among the objects in the AMEDD Museum collection are 2 braille books on Human Anatomy. The books were used by Henry Otis Kendall, who was blinded by shrapnel from a mine explosion in WWI. He used these books while studying to become a physical therapist. (MED 2000.036.004 & Med 2000.036.005)
AMEDD Museum, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 04JAN2023 (U.S. Army photo by Francis S. Trachta/Released)
| Date Taken: | 01.04.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 01.04.2023 16:54 |
| Photo ID: | 7578966 |
| VIRIN: | 210423-A-VG084-0150 |
| Resolution: | 3840x4408 |
| Size: | 1.45 MB |
| Location: | FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX, US |
| Web Views: | 29 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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