Swindle Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 wow humanity, you are awesome. Builder Martin Jones, 42, was left blind more than a decade ago after a tub of boiling aluminium exploded in his face in South Yorkshire, north England. But now a remarkable surgery performed less than 50 times in Britain has restored vision in his right eye after a long period in the dark. The operation allowed Mr Jones to look upon his wife Gill — who he married four years ago — for the first time. "The doctors took the bandages off and it was like looking through water and then I saw this figure and it was her," he told the Daily Mail. "She's wonderful and lovely … it was unbelievable to see her for the first time. "When I found out there was a chance I would get my sight back, the first person I wanted to see was her." The eight-hour surgery, pioneered by Britain-based doctor Christopher Liu, took part of one of Mr Jones's canine teeth and reshaped it to house a specially-built lens. A living tooth was used because the body would most likely reject a plastic or artificial equivalent, Dr Liu said. Some skin was then taken from part of Mr Jones's cheek and placed in the eye, where it gained its own blood supply over a period of about two months. The skin was later lifted and placed over the tooth and a hole cut in the grafted cornea to let light through, allowing Mr Jones to see. Doctors say the surgery is designed for people with corneal blindness who do not quality for other corneal transplants. Mr Jones cannot have the operation performed in his left eye because it was so badly damaged in the accident it had to be removed. tl;dr they put a tooth in a guys eye socket and now he has super powers. picture i cannot steal; http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax.aspx?sectionid=9016§ionname=slideshowajax&subsectionid=154173&subsectionname=bizarreops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 There's already a thread on this, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 And in that thread I stated that I see no reason at all that they needed to use his tooth, when they could have just as easily made some shit out of plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindle Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 search function is my friend. sorry guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OL'DIRTYGeEEZER Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 MAN SEES THROUGH HIS POOP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexDiamonds Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 And in that thread I stated that I see no reason at all that they needed to use his tooth, when they could have just as easily made some shit out of plastic. They said his body would reject the plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauceinthedickholewastaken Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 but where is the pic of his wife....that's the real test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 USB FINGER! A software developer in Finland installed a USB drive in the finger he had amputated following a motorcycle accident. He got the bizarre idea when his surgeons found out what he did for a living and joked he should have a USB stick mounted on his finger stump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 And in that thread I stated that I see no reason at all that they needed to use his tooth, when they could have just as easily made some shit out of plastic. why would you think you know more than a surgeon who is capable of turning a tooth into an eyeball? you cant even turn 36 years of life into a job that pays more than $11 an hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopsticks Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 And it begins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMad.GIF Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 my tooth has been plotting on me for years I SEE THROUGH YOU, TOOTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MekA_OnES? Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 lets please direct this conversation to my thread....the first and better of the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Nerves Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 USB FINGER![/size] A software developer in Finland installed a USB drive in the finger he had amputated following a motorcycle accident. He got the bizarre idea when his surgeons found out what he did for a living and joked he should have a USB stick mounted on his finger stump. FINNISH PEOPLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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