Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-20 | Page 2 | Eye Stitches Help Woman Regain Sight

Eye Stitches Help W Woman an Regain Sight I MEMPHIS Tenn Sept 20 UP Up Another Another person was recoverIng re recovering recovering re- re covering use of ot one of his eyes today after the delicate operation to eliminate a collapsed retina L. L H. H Platt Plait Little Rock Ark insurance adjuster was the second second sec see ond person to undergo the ml- ml mIracle operation at the Memphis Eye Ear Ear- Nose and Throat hos has pital He was reported gradually recovering the use use of his left eye Mrs Norma Sayre of Memphis Memphis' gained nationwide interest when she had the same operation performed performed performed per per- formed on an eye two months ago Although her eye was almost almost almost al al- al- al most totally blind she has recovered recovered recovered ered full tull use of it The operation consists of stitching stitch stitch- ing lag the retina to the rear rear of the eyeball by use of electrically heat heated d platinum needles