In the 1940s, Harold Ridley noticed plastic splinters sitting quietly in pilots’ eyes, and it wasn’t just wartime debris: It changed cataract surgery

During the tumultuous period of World War II, a serendipitous observation emerged within the field of ophthalmology. British pilots, exposed to the harsh realities of damaged aircrafts, revealed that their eyes could surprisingly accept plastic fragments from shattered canopies without adverse reactions. Sir Harold Ridley seized upon this intriguing phenomenon, challenging the prevailing medical conventions of the time.

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