Harold Ridley was an ophthalmologist treating the oculus injuries of British fighter pilots during World War II , when he noticed an odd law of similarity between those combat injury . And what he learned when he looked nigher changed how we treat cataract today .
io9 ’s gossip of the day come fromJstephenhudginsmd , who share this footling bit of chronicle behind the intraocular genus Lens implant , and just what a very specific subset of combat injury to fighter airplane pilot during World War II had to do with its creation :
Sir Harold Ridley ’s invention of the intraocular lens implant ( for cataract surgery ) would make a great movie . From ww2 Spitfire pilot film with eye hurt , he observed that bits of the Perspex material from which the canopy were made were tolerated inside the eye with no inauspicious effects , unless there was early infection . He had the idea of using lens system made of this cloth inside the eye . After some early winner ( and some other failure ) he was instructed to cease any more enquiry in this area by his superiors at the National Health Service . The thought and Ridley ’s part were lose for many long time until an article in an obscure diary was seen by others concerned in the problem . Eventually he received his due and was eventually dub .
Image : Supermarine spitfire airplane fly in formation
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