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Colour Blindness

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ALTHOUGH I have no intention of discussing the theory of colour-blindness propounded by Mr. Monck in NATURE of July 28, it may not be inopportune, while the subject is under the notice of your readers, to call their attention to a peculiarity with respect to the perception of colour, of which I have been able to discover no instance.

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HAYWARD, R. Colour Blindness. Nature 2, 314–315 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002314d0

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