Blind Man's Sight Restored By Inserting Son's Tooth!
That is the strangest headline I think I have ever read, but it turns out to be true! Who would ever come up with such and idea and have it work. It seems this fellow in Ireland lost his vision when lava-hot liquid aluminum splashed into his eye a few years ago. He thought he was going to be blind for the rest of his life until he found out about a procedure that involves creating support for a cornea from the person's own tooth and jaw. The man's 23-year-old son donated his tooth and a piece of jaw so that his father's eye socket could be rebuilt and an artificial cornea could be inserted into a hole drilled into the tooth. How freakish, cool, amazing and miraculous is that? The man had a 65% chance that his sight will be restored. He is now able to see well enough to watch television and to get around relatively easily. What a wonderful world we live in!
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