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Eye diseases gave great painters different vision of their work, Stanford ophthalmologist says

After writing two books on the topic of artists and eye disease, the Stanford University School of Medicine ophthalmologist decided to go one step further and create images that would show how artists with eye disease actually saw their world and their canvases.

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