THE EYES IN HISTORY – SOME EYE-OPENING OPHTHALMIC PRACTICES AROUND THE GLOBE
*Dr. Ching Kay Li
ABSTRACT
This commentary is a written collection of ancient, contemporary and modern medical procedures and technology in human history involving the fascinating organ – the eyes. Relevant historical reports and articles were reviewed. The milestones provoke thinking of ophthalmic practice in academic, ethical and innovative ways, set by the origins of cataract surgery and prosthetic eye, the controversy of transorbital lobotomy to treat psychiatric patients, along with the new eye “super-glue” for globe rupture injuries.
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