| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222). |
| Summary |
The author relates his personal experience as a retinal surgeon to present the fundamentals of human vision and the stories of inventors connected to modern-day techniques for treating eye and vision disorders, including eye trauma, cataracts, LASIK, retinal detachments, and macular degeneration. |
| Contents |
Lucky -- "This operation should never be done." Harold Ridley and the intraocular lens -- "The delicious sensation of the ultrasonic probe against my teeth..." Charles Kelman and phacoemulsification -- "I did not want to be considered a military hero." Charles Schepens and the binocular indirect ophthalmoscope -- "...eighteen out of twenty-one..." Arnall Patz, retinopathy of prematurity, and a looming crisis -- "Whaddya mean it's a shot? In my eye?" Judah Folkman, angiogenesis, and the treatment of wet macular degeneration -- "I really do want to see the alarm clock in the morning" The evolution of refractive surgery -- "If I cannot discover a way to read and write...I shall kill myself." Louis Braille and nightwriting -- Visionaries. |
| Subject |
Eye -- Surgery -- Popular works.
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Eye -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Popular works.
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Vision disorders -- Treatment -- Popular works.
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Vision -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
1617203793 (paperback) |
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9781617203794 (paperback) |
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