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Philocopus; or, The Deaf and Dumb Manā€™s Friend
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Philocopus; or, The Deaf and Dumb Manā€™s Friend

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Philocopus; or, The Deaf and Dumb Manā€™s Friend is a 1648 text by John Bulwer, an English physician and early educator of the deaf. This work, influenced by his knowledge of deafness, sign language, and the human body, explores the use of lipreading for deaf and mute individuals. Bulwer also expressed a strong interest in establishing an academy for the deaf. This publication is one of four significant late-Renaissance texts by Bulwer, alongside Chirologia, Pathomyotamia, and Anthropometamorphosis.1

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