Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight

he changed the world so that we may better see it

Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight
David J. Apple, David J. Apple
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Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight

he changed the world so that we may better see it

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Publisher
Slack
Language
English
Pages
316

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Table of Contents

The secret code: "the extra-capsular ext."
From darkness to light
Roots of a modest giant of science
"David, Mr. Ridley wants to meet you"
River walks
Adlertag: the quest for a complete cataract operation, step 2: visual rehabilitation with the IOL
A simple question, mobilization
The operation: November 29, 1949
Rapid descent into a period of doldrums
A gradual ascent to a new revolution in surgical eye care
The good, the bad, and the ugly: evolution of IOLs, ups and downs
Let's get rid of our glasses
Innovations in addition to the intraocular lens
Released prisoners of war in Thailand and Burma
Technical applications from World War II
Biomedical engineering and artificial organ transplantation
Honors, many received "Long after I should have been gone"
Knighthood and the end
A service of Thanksgiving and redemption on Battle of Britain Sunday, September 18, 2005.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Thorofare, NJ
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.197/75240092
Library of Congress
RE36.R53 A67 2006, RE36.R53A67 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiii, 316 p. :
Number of pages
316

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL21894716M
ISBN 10
1556427867
ISBN 13
9781556427862
LCCN
2006019613
OCLC/WorldCat
70119717, 84835340
Goodreads
2482942

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2732136W

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