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  2. Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) - Wikipedia

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    In 1967, Ridley set up the Ridley Foundation, known as the Ridley Eye Foundation, [15] to raise funds for cataract surgery in developing countries and to treat avoidable blindness. [4] A registered charity under English law, [16] the organisation continues to be active in these fields today, notably in the Middle East. Ridley's son Nicholas ...

  3. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. [1] Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and is performed by an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires due care before, during, and after a surgical procedure to minimize or prevent further damage.

  4. History of cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy area. [3] Over time, metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fibres lead to the development of a cataract, causing impairment or loss of vision.

  5. Charles Kelman - Wikipedia

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    Charles David Kelman (May 23, 1930 – June 1, 2004) was an American ophthalmologist, surgeon, inventor, jazz musician, entertainer, and Broadway producer. Known as the father of phacoemulsification, [1] [2] he developed many of the medical devices, instruments, implant lenses and techniques used in cataract surgery.

  6. Couching (ophthalmology) - Wikipedia

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    Cataract surgery by “couching” (lens depression) is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The technique involves using a sharp instrument to push the cloudy lens to the bottom of the eye. Perhaps this procedure is that which is mentioned in the articles of the Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1792–1750 BC) though it is a mere speculation.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    History of present illness: H&P: history and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: HPETE: hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid: HPF: high-power field HPI H/oPI: history of the present illness: HPOA: hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy hPL

  8. Karl Koller (ophthalmologist) - Wikipedia

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    Koller introduced cocaine as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery. Prior to this discovery, he had tested solutions such as chloral hydrate and morphine as anaesthetics in the eyes of laboratory animals without success. Freud was fully aware of the pain-killing properties of cocaine, but Koller recognized its tissue-numbing capabilities, and in ...

  9. John Taylor (oculist) - Wikipedia

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    Taylor was born in Norwich, possibly in 1703. [2] He was the son of a surgeon named John Taylor, who died in 1709. [2] He studied in London under the pioneering British surgeon William Cheselden at St Thomas' Hospital, [2] and by 1727 had produced a book, An Account of the Mechanism of the Eye, dedicated to Cheselden.