Post by BigFaker on Jul 4, 2009 13:17:27 GMT -5
Blind man regains sight
A blinded man has seen his wife for the first time after surgeons gave him back his sight using one of his teeth.
Martin Jones' canine was pulled out so a tiny optical lens could be fitted to it.
Then, amazingly, the tooth was inserted in his eye socket.
The 42-year-old lost his left eye and was totally blinded in the right 12 years ago when a tub of molten aluminium exploded in his face at the scrapyard where he worked.
He had all but given up hope of ever seeing again until hearing about operations performed by surgeon Christopher Lui and his team in Brighton, East Sussex.
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Guess the old saying "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is quite fitting....
A blinded man has seen his wife for the first time after surgeons gave him back his sight using one of his teeth.
Martin Jones' canine was pulled out so a tiny optical lens could be fitted to it.
Then, amazingly, the tooth was inserted in his eye socket.
The 42-year-old lost his left eye and was totally blinded in the right 12 years ago when a tub of molten aluminium exploded in his face at the scrapyard where he worked.
He had all but given up hope of ever seeing again until hearing about operations performed by surgeon Christopher Lui and his team in Brighton, East Sussex.
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Guess the old saying "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is quite fitting....
