TY - JOUR T1 - First cornea transplants meant blind WW I veterans saw first sights in 40 years JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1325 LP - 1326 VL - 155 IS - 9 AU - P. Wilton Y1 - 1996/11/01 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/9/1325.abstract N2 - 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. ER -