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001 2006019613
003 DLC
005 20061214174231.0
008 060612s2006 njuab b 001 0beng
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020 $a9781556427862 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70119717
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100 1 $aApple, David J.,$d1941-
245 10 $aSir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight :$bhe changed the world so that we may better see it /$cDavid J. Apple.
260 $aThorofare, NJ :$bSlack,$cc2006.
300 $axxxiii, 316 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aRidley, Harold,$cSir,$d1906-2001.
650 0 $aOphthalmologists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aIntraocular lenses$xHistory.
650 0 $aCataract$xSurgery$xHistory.
600 12 $aRidley, Harold,$cSir,$d1906-2001.
650 12 $aOphthalmology$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zGreat Britain.
650 22 $aLenses, Intraocular$xhistory$zGreat Britain.
650 22 $aOphthalmologic Surgical Procedures$xhistory$zGreat Britain.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006019613.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2006019613-d.html