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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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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object 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(...)
12/17/1977
Eye surgery
Eye surgery
7/31/1984
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
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
6/14/1991
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
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
Tiny plastic cornea, the size of a button, used in yesterday's transplant operation is shown balanced on end of a finger to illustrate its size. It is(...)
Tiny plastic cornea, the size of a button, used in yesterday's transplant operation is shown balanced on end of a finger to illustrate its size. It is(...)
11/6/1968
Eyelids are clamped open by surgical clamps to prevent patient blinking while surgeons cut away two-thirds of the old cornea. The Patient remains cons(...)
Eyelids are clamped open by surgical clamps to prevent patient blinking while surgeons cut away two-thirds of the old cornea. The Patient remains cons(...)
11/6/1968
and Gerald Sinclair, 20, who received cornea transplants
and Gerald Sinclair, 20, who received cornea transplants
11/13/1968