Rabbit Helped Restore Sight
A girl of 23 has had her sight restored by transplanting in her eyes graftings from the cornea of a rabbit. The case is described by the surgeon, Mr. J. W. Tudor Thomas, associate surgeon-in-charge, cornea-plastic department, Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, Since she was 13 years old the patient has not been able to see her way about: in both her eyes the cornea was completely opaque. Nineteen days after the grafting operation her eyes were clear and transparent, and she could move about alone. She has since read many books. Another case described by Mr. Thomas is that of a woman aged 52 who was practically blind. Now she is able to carry on an independent existence.
“This is my best result, and the best result so far obtained in this country,” writes Mr. Thomas. On the result of 3G operations over a period of five and a half years, Mr. Thomas declared that in suitable cases corneal transplantation is no longer an experiment, but a practical procedure. The future, he adds, will bring still better chances of success.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3485, 6 September 1937, Page 7
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