This video shot in 1951 shows the late and great Sir Harold Ridley implanting a perspex lens into the eye of a patient with a mature cataract. Although this was considered to be reckless at the time, it paved the way for development of modern cataract surgery
a genius at work.
no gloves, a dropped lens and cloth drapes.
surgeons in the future will look back on our work and wonder about the present too.
rameshdorairajan 1 year ago
Cataract surgery has def come a long way since then!!
mbellerosest 1 year ago
OMG! WTF! EvErY thing was like the Marine corps back then, just straight up hardcore! :(
vfIskullangel 1 year ago