Ridley, Nicholas Harold Lloyd
- Ridley, Nicholas Harold Lloyd
-
[br]
b. 10 July 1906 Leicester, England
[br]
English ophthalmic surgeon, pioneer of intra-ocular lens implants.
[br]
Following a medical education at Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, London, he was appointed at an early age to the post of Surgeon to Moorfields Eye Hospital (Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital). During the Second World War he served abroad in Africa as an ophthalmic specialist and became an authority on onchocerciasis (river blindness) and filiariasis.
His experience of the inertness of plastic material retained inside the eye in injured aircraft personnel led him to investigate the possibility of replacing cataractous lenses with intra-ocular plastic lenses. After his appointment as Consultant Ophthalmologist to St Thomas's in 1946, the first lens implant procedure was successfully carried out in 1949. The implantation of glass lenses in the treatment of myopia had been attempted in Germany at the end of the nineteenth century, but the weight of the material had militated against a successful outcome.
It was some time before the new procedure, which owed much to his surgical dexterity, became widely accepted, but the work of Strampelli, Binkhorst and others led to its wider application; intra-ocular implants are now a standard element of the surgical treatment of cataract.
[br]
Principal Honours and Distinctions
FRS 1986. Royal Society Galen Medal 1986; Crook Gold Medal 1988.
Bibliography
1951, "Intraocular acrylic lenses", Trans. Ophth. Soc. UK.
1964, "Intraocular lenses—past, present and future", Trans. Ophth. Soc. UK.
Further Reading
S.Duke-Elder, 1969, System of Ophthalmology, Vol. 9, London.
MG
Biographical history of technology. - Taylor & Francis e-Librar.
Lance Day and Ian McNeil.
2005.
Look at other dictionaries:
Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) — Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley [1][2] (10 July 1906, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire – 25 May 2001, Salisbury, Wiltshire) was an English ophthalmologist who pioneered artificial intraocular lens transplant surgery for cataract patients.… … Wikipedia
Harold Ridley — Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley (* 10. Juli 1906 in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire; † 25. Mai 2001 in Salisbury) war ein britischer Augenarzt. Er implantierte am 29. November 1949 im St. Thomas Hospital in London einem Patienten die erste… … Deutsch Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
2000 New Year Honours — The insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George: Andrew Wood was awarded the Grand Cross in this Honours list. The New Year Honours 2000 for the United Kingdom were announced on 31 December 1999, to celebrate the year… … Wikipedia
List of Conservative Party (UK) MPs — This is a list of Conservative Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Conservative Party from 1834 onwards. Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly or the European… … Wikipedia
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
Margaret Thatcher — For other uses, see Margaret Thatcher (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first … Universalium
List of directorial debuts — This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director s first commercial theatrical release. Where a director has created other earlier works for television it is annotated by a ♦ . When… … Wikipedia
Late Night Line-Up — was a pioneering British television discussion programme broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1972. Late Night Line Up returned for a special one off edition on BBC Parliament in 2008.BackgroundFrom its launch in April 1964, BBC2 began each evening … Wikipedia
List of Privy Counsellors (1952–present) — This is a List of Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom appointed since the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. Due to political ties, some Prime Ministers from Commonwealth realms also are ascended to the British Privy Council as… … Wikipedia
