Cilco Interocular Lenses
notes: label: Description
content: An intraocular lens (or IOL) is an artificial lens implanted during cataract surgery. The story began with Harold Ridley, a British eye surgeon who cared for pilots during World War II. He observed that some small pieces of material from crashed planes that penetrated the eye during the crash did not cause an inflammatory reaction. Dr. Ridley recognized that this material might be suitable for artificial lens implantation. He implanted the first IOL at Saint Thomas Hospital, in London, in November 1947.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: California Intraocular Lens Corporation (CILCO)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0583.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0583
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0583.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: intraocular lenses
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 11.7475 cm x 1.27 cm