Part of the problem with this is assuming that the person regained their site, they would not initially be able to make sense of the information. Seeing happens

Part of the problem with this is assuming that the person regained their site, they would not initially be able to make sense of the information. Seeing happens as much in the brain as in the eyes. I love how they spoke and wrote back then. It's comprehensible, but it makes clear how differently they spoke back then.