The First Cataract Surgeons in the British Isles

RT @MetaEpistemic: This article suggests Berkeley **WROTE A MEDICAL REPORT** (under the physician's name) of a patient's surgery in a misle…

This article suggests Berkeley **WROTE A MEDICAL REPORT** (under the physician's name) of a patient's surgery in a misleading way to support his theory of vision It was the then famous Cheselden case, the first experimental data on Molyneux's problem… ht…

@FaisalGhani_ The English verb "to couch" (in ophthalmic settings) came from the English word "to couch" (used more broadly) in the 1500s, which in turn had come from the French in the 1300s. The French did not use the verb "coucher" in ophthalmic cont…

@mattyglesias No student loan debt? John Dunn was an apprentice who ran away, & they advertised to apprehend him. Gately "immoderately beat" his apprentice. Education is better now. https://t.co/jNQ7LvYwph