Clinton Ophthalmology is now open Monday - Thursday
8:00 am until 4:30 pm. The office is closed on Fridays.
Answer 3: Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt revealed that he had been blind in his left eye since 1905. He lost the sight in that eye while boxing with a military aide in the White House. It has been reported that the blow caused severe hemorrhaging, eventually a detached retina, and finally blindness in the left eye.
Eye Trivia and Interesting Eye Facts:
Question 3:
Who is the only president to lose an eye while still in office?
Answer 2: Couching
Couching is an ancient procedure for the treatment of the cataracts. The earliest known description is found in the "Sushruta Samhita," published in 600 BCE in India. Couching remained the most popular method of cataract surgery until the 19th Century.
Couching typically involves the use of a sharp or blunt instrument to dislocate the cataract lens and push it back into the posterior chamber of the eye. The lens of the eye is not removed and a lens implant is not inserted.
Eye Trivia and Interesting Eye Facts:
Question 2:
For roughly the first 2000 years of recorded history this procedure remained the procedure of choice for visual rehabilitation of cataracts. It was developed in the East and first described by Susruta around the time of the birth of Christ. What is the name of the procedure?
In observance of Thanksgiving our office will be CLOSED the following days:
Wednesday November 25th
Thursday November 26th
Friday November 27th
Our office will re-open on Monday November 30th at 7:30am!