PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P. Wilton
TI  - First cornea transplants meant blind WW I veterans saw first sights in 40 years
DP  - 1996 Nov 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1325--1326
VI  - 155
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/9/1325.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/9/1325.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Nov 01; 155
AB  - Eddie Baker, who was blinded during WW I, played a key role in the founding of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Canada's first Eye Bank. The latter development meant that some soldiers blinded between 1914 and 1918 had their sight restored in 1956, when the bank opened.