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Believed to be only living person born with a cataract in one eye who has developed vision as good in that eye as in normal one, Janine Willie, 4, wai(...)
Believed to be only living person born with a cataract in one eye who has developed vision as good in that eye as in normal one, Janine Willie, 4, wai(...)

Believed to be only living person born with a cataract in one eye who has developed vision as good in that eye as in normal one, Janine Willie, 4, wai(...)

Date11/29/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Believed to be only living person born with a cataract in one eye who has developed vision as good in that eye as in normal one, Janine Willie, 4, waits to have her lens changed. Mother trained her to use weak eye.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026316F
Shamiza Mohamed of Guyana, who's only 19 months old, has had a delicate operation on her eye, designed to save her sight, at the Hospital for Sick Chi(...)
Shamiza Mohamed of Guyana, who's only 19 months old, has had a delicate operation on her eye, designed to save her sight, at the Hospital for Sick Chi(...)
11/22/1973
Able to see clearly for the first time in her life, 14-year-old Bonilyne Chambers doesn't mind the bandage temporarily replaced over her right eye. Sh(...)
Able to see clearly for the first time in her life, 14-year-old Bonilyne Chambers doesn't mind the bandage temporarily replaced over her right eye. Sh(...)
9/10/1974
Merry christmas, Solomon Green, 11, of the Bahamas, tries on helmet after leaving hospital where he had operation to correct crossed eyes. Helping him(...)
Merry christmas, Solomon Green, 11, of the Bahamas, tries on helmet after leaving hospital where he had operation to correct crossed eyes. Helping him(...)
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Eye surgery
Eye surgery
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Dr. Henry Brent, a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children's contact lense clinic uses a light in order to examine the eyes of 18-month-old Wayne Mil(...)
Dr. Henry Brent, a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children's contact lense clinic uses a light in order to examine the eyes of 18-month-old Wayne Mil(...)
11/5/1976
For the First Time, surgery has been used to remove a cataract from the eye of a horse, former racehorse Rullah's Image
For the First Time, surgery has been used to remove a cataract from the eye of a horse, former racehorse Rullah's Image
2/8/1976
Medical - Eyes
Medical - Eyes
11/6/1968
Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it
Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it
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Magnifying spectacles were worn by surgeon during delicate transplant operation as he sliced away corneal tissue that was only tiny fractions of an in(...)
Magnifying spectacles were worn by surgeon during delicate transplant operation as he sliced away corneal tissue that was only tiny fractions of an in(...)
11/6/1968
Progress recorded: Dr. Mark Mandelcorn of Mount Sinal tests eyes of Michel Paquet of Timmins, who was blinded in a mining accident. Mandelcorn, who says he has rarely seen such badly damaged eyes, performed the operations that have given Paquet normal vision in one eye.
Progress recorded: Dr. Mark Mandelcorn of Mount Sinal tests eyes of Michel Paquet of Timmins, who was blinded in a mining accident. Mandelcorn, who says he has rarely seen such badly damaged eyes, performed the operations that have given Paquet normal vision in one eye.
4/11/1987
and Gerald Sinclair, 20, who received cornea transplants
and Gerald Sinclair, 20, who received cornea transplants
11/13/1968
Plastic cornea implant, the first of its type in Canadian medical history, was performed at Scarborough General Hospital yesterday on a man who was bl(...)
Plastic cornea implant, the first of its type in Canadian medical history, was performed at Scarborough General Hospital yesterday on a man who was bl(...)
11/6/1968