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Its Possible Application in Corneal Blindness

ARPAD G. GERARD, M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1959;62(3):500-502.

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This paper is concerned with corneal blindness and the possibility of restoring image perception in cases of corneal scarring.

Experiments in this field gave me reason to believe that a new approach may be possible in the production of images.

For this study I made a light-proof telescopic sliding tube with a length varying between 10 and 35 cm., with a diameter of 25 mm., both ends covered with black mastic tape, with a 10 mm. round opening at each end.

I had two completely opaque human corneas and two cataractous lenses at my disposal, removed by surgery.

The corneas were kept in a slightly hypertonic alkaline Ringer's solution in which they were well preserved for a few weeks. One side of a clear, thin coverglass was first precoated with sodium silicate binder and then an ultraviolet sensitive zinc sulfide phosphorescent powder was blown on by a hot air blast. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Woodbridge, N. J.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 21, 1959.

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