Occasional reminder that radial keratotomy and the entire field of vision-corrective surgery come from this one Soviet kid who...
Occasional reminder that radial keratotomy and the entire field of vision-corrective surgery come from this one Soviet kid who got hit in the face with a soccer ball so the shards of his glasses cut up his eyes exactly the right way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_keratotomy#History TIL!
He didn’t get hit with a soccer ball, he fell off his bike! And the correction came from the cuts by the surgeon, not from the glass! Still a very fun coincidence.
Oh gosh even on the fortunate occasion received knowledge was inaccurate!