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Sir Josiah Court (17 January 1841 – 8 February 1938) was an English physician who determined the cause of miners' nystagmus and was responsible for greatly reducing the incidence of the disease, which causes partial or total blindness. He unsuccessfully contested Derbyshire North-East as a Unionist candidate six times. Court was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to miners.

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rdfs:comment	Sir Josiah Court (17 January 1841 – 8 February 1938) was an English physician who determined the cause of miners' nystagmus and was responsible for greatly reducing the incidence of the disease, which causes partial or total blindness. He unsuccessfully contested Derbyshire North-East as a Unionist candidate six times. Court was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to miners. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Royal College of Surgeons of England Ankylostomiasis 1920 New Year Honours Pathologic nystagmus Conservative Party (UK) 19th-century English medical doctors England Staveley, Derbyshire 1841 births 1938 deaths 20th-century English medical doctors Knights Bachelor Warwick Warwick School Knight Bachelor Guy's Hospital People from Warwick People educated at Warwick School Royal College of Physicians of London Physician Derbyshire North East (UK Parliament constituency) Coal mine dbr:Derbyshire_Miners'_Union
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has abstract	Sir Josiah Court (17 January 1841 – 8 February 1938) was an English physician who determined the cause of miners' nystagmus and was responsible for greatly reducing the incidence of the disease, which causes partial or total blindness. Court was born in Warwick and educated at Warwick School in that town. He trained at Guy's Hospital and became MRCS in 1863 and LRCP in 1864. He practised in Staveley, Derbyshire, and was consulting surgeon to the . It was here that he discovered that the nystagmus was caused by poor lighting in the mines and persuaded the owners to install proper lighting to supplement the miners' lamps. He also worked on ankylostomiasis and published the influential book Miners' Diseases. He unsuccessfully contested Derbyshire North-East as a Unionist candidate six times. Court was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to miners. (en)
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