“Blind Irishman Sees with the Aid of Son’s Tooth in His Eye”
Source: Yahoo News

Earlier when I described the contents of a nurse’s bag circa 1903, I warned that you’ll just have to wait to see how some of those things were used in practice. Dark ages, indeed!

But, how about this story, where a man is able to see because of a… wait for it… tooth!

It’s called an Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP), where a tooth is used to fashion a support for an artificial cornea. The procedure has allowed this formerly blind man, who lost his sight in an accident, to see again.

It’s quite an innovative procedure. But, it begs the question, just how did anyone think this up? What makes you think, hey, let’s see if we can restore someone’s sight by sticking a tooth in his eye?

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