Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight
Subtitle: he changed the world so that we may better see it
By: David J. Apple.
Publisher: Slack
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thorofare, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781556427862
Subjects: Ridley, Harold, -- Sir, -- 1906-2001; Ridley, Harold, -- Sir, -- 1906-2001; Ophthalmologists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Intraocular lenses -- History; Cataract -- Surgery -- History; Ophthalmology -- Great Britain -- Biography; Lenses, Intraocular -- history -- Great Britain; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures -- history -- Great Britain; History, 20th Century -- Great Britain
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The secret code: "the extra-capsular ext."; title: From darkness to light; title: Roots of a modest giant of science; title: "David, Mr. Ridley wants to meet you"; title: River walks; title: Adlertag: the quest for a complete cataract operation, step 2: visual rehabilitation with the IOL; title: A simple question, mobilization; title: The operation: November 29, 1949; title: Rapid descent into a period of doldrums; title: A gradual ascent to a new revolution in surgical eye care; title: The good, the bad, and the ugly: evolution of IOLs, ups and downs; title: Let's get rid of our glasses; title: Innovations in addition to the intraocular lens; title: Released prisoners of war in Thailand and Burma; title: Technical applications from World War II; title: Biomedical engineering and artificial organ transplantation; title: Honors, many received "Long after I should have been gone"; title: Knighthood and the end; title: A service of Thanksgiving and redemption on Battle of Britain Sunday, September 18, 2005.