A cataract knife of excellent shape and proportion devised a century and a half ago, by Dr. Thomas Young, of Edinburgh, and the knives which preceded it / by Alvin A. Hubbell.

  • Hubbell, Alvin A. (Alvin Allace), 1846-1911
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A cataract knife of excellent shape and proportion devised a century and a half ago, by Dr. Thomas Young, of Edinburgh, and the knives which preceded it / by Alvin A. Hubbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    V . • the first to “invent” the modern operation for the extraction of cata- ract, Samuel Sharp, an Englishman, was the first to perform “simple extraction,” much as it is done today, incising the cornea at its junc- tion with the sclera by a single instrument, carrying the incision downwards, however, instead of upwards, and Thomas Young, a Scotchman, was the first to give to the profession a commendable knife with which to make this incision.
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