title: Cataract surgery without anaesthesia: two descriptions by Arthur Jacob.
abstract: Dr Arthur Jacob (1790-1874), of Dublin, Ireland, was one of the leading ophthalmologists of his time. He was the first to describe the membrane that contains the rods and cones in the eye (membrana Jacobi) and basal cell carcinoma (Jacob's ulcer). He made a curved needle for cataract surgery from a sewing needle (Jacob's needle). Two descriptions of cataract surgery without anaesthesia are presented.
authors.affiliation: rajesh.haridas@bigpond.com
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Haridas
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland