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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

RIDLEY, Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd (1906 – 2001)

1906 – 2001

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1951

#5991

Intra-ocular acrylic lenses.

RIDLEY, Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd (1906 – 2001)

Ridley implanted the first intra-ocular lens on 19 November 1949. At the time of this first report the lens had remained in place for 17 months.