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IN NATURE for March 11 there is an interesting account by Dr. McKendrick of some investigations by Kunz, of Mülhausen, and Prof. Griesbach, on the senses of the blind. Among other points that he refers to and discusses is the question of the ability of the blind to avoid obstacles and find their way about. This calls to my mind some observations and experiments which I made upon myself some eleven years ago with reference to my ability to find my way about with my eyes shut or in the dark. These I had intended to extend and amplify, but up to the present these further experiments have been crowded out by press of other work.
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MELLAND, C. The Sense of Proximity. Nature 80, 456–457 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080456b0
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