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 & Med ) AMEDD Museum, Jo
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 & Med ) AMEDD Museum, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 04JAN2023
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