Harold Ridley and intraocular lens black plaque

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# St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Standing before St Thomas' Hospital on the Thames' south bank, you're looking at the birthplace of modern cataract surgery—the precise spot where, on a winter morning in 1950, Mr. Harold Ridley FRS performed an operation that would transform the lives of millions. The...

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St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth

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The first intraocular lens for the treatment of cataract was implanted by Mr. Harold Ridley FRS at St. Thomas' Hospital on 8th February 1950