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Eye Surgery on Cadavers in the 1800s
First Pic: Staged eye surgery In 1870, a French ophthalmologist named Edouard Meyer included a series of photos in his textbook on surgery. The film of the era was too "slow" to take photos of actual operations, so he staged photos using cadavers. In this photo, a clamp holds the eye open to show where a scalpel should be positioned to remove a cataract. Second Pic: Cutting the iris Today's eye surgeons can laser a hole in a patient's iris (the colored portion of the eye) in a matter of seconds. But in the late 1800s, doctors used a sharp tool to perform "iridectomy," as shown in this 1870 photograph. Iridectomy allowed the creation of an artificial pupil, restoring sight to those blinded by common infectious and inflammatory disorders.  ·  · |
