Complex sentence: The lens can also be removed by suction through a hollow needle; such a procedure involving oral suction was described by the 10th-century Persian physician Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, who attributed it to Antyllus, a 2nd-century Greek physician.
Split into simpler sentences: The lens can also be removed by suction through a hollow instrument. Such a procedure was described by the 10th-century Persian physician Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, who attributed it to Antyllus, a 2nd-century Greek physician.