Blind Can Be Made To See
a (Received 10 a.m.) q B B * LONDON, June 9. J i The blind can be made to see, a ■ according to a Russian scientist, a B Dr. Filatoff. In an article in the J I “Lancet,” he writes: |j ■ ■ i “The corneas from human g J corpses, removed some hours ® I after death and preserved, are j[ I suitable® for transplantation to i ! living subjects.” ® s 1 B Dr. Filatoff quotes a number J I of cases of successful transplan- I J tation, stating that, in his experi- \ 1 ments, he did not use eyes from \ a victims of infectious diseases, but b * from victims of accidents or per- g | sons who had committed suicide. J S B a B 5 mmm mm mmnmm m*
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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1937, Page 5
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