[12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which could only be performed when the lens had become completely opaque, rigid, and heavy to the point that the ...
Often, it’s while driving at night that a patient first notices the negative effects of cataracts. Blinding headlights from oncoming traffic force them to look at the lines on the road, whereas they ...
75 years ago, on November 29, 1949, Dr. Harold Ridley implanted the first intraocular lens in an eye after cataract extraction at St. Thomas Hospital in London. The introduction of an intraocular ...