Word: fibroplasia
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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...babies born prematurely, over 12% suffer from "retrolental fibroplasia," a growth of tissue behind the eye's lens...
Some 5% of infants with retrolental fibroplasia also suffer from a complication - congenital glaucoma (hardening of the eyeball). Eyeman Terry says that pupil-contracting miotics (e.g., morphine, nico tine), if administered soon enough after birth, would knock the percentage down to 1. Other early babies are born with lento-cornea (adhesion of the lens to the cornea). A simple operation, if performed soon enough, can save their sight...