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by curiousAl 3875 days ago
Modern (science-based) medicine is a miracle of biblical proportions.
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fasteo 3875 days ago
Cataract surgery is not exactly modern medicine. There are records [1] of cataract surgery as far as 2500 BC, that is, more than 4000 years ago.

[1] http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/42710/InTech-The_history_of_c...

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afsina 3875 days ago
Removing the infected lens is something, replacing it with an artificial intraocular lens implant is something else.
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