title: The big brown eyes of Samuel Pepys.
abstract: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) is known for writing the finest diary in the English language. He was a man of remarkable accomplishments who transformed the English Navy, was president of the Royal Society, and was a member of the British Parliament. He survived the Great Plague and imprisonment in the Tower of London. During the years when he was writing the diary, Pepys began to experience great pain in his eyes when reading and writing and from photophobia, which caused him to give up writing the diary. Pepys also had an ultimately unjustifiable fear of blindness.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland. graham.w@clear.net.nz
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Amanda P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Susannah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fullerton
mesh_terms: D001248:Asthenopia / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000266:history