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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(...)

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(...)

Date11/6/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Eyelids are clamped open by surgical clamps to prevent patient blinking while surgeons cut away two-thirds of the old cornea. The Patient remains conscious under a local anesthetic, and when the scar tissue had been removed he told doctors he was able to see. The plastic cornea is set inside a flange of tissue of the old cornea, then sewn into place. The operation took 52 minutes to perform, and if it is successful patient's other eye will be treated also.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026678F