Radium. Radium as a Cure for Blindness?
摘要
Some years after the discovery of radium by Marie Curie (1867–1934), hope arose of being able to make the blind see again. Marie Curie confirmed the first reports by Friedrich Giesel (1852–1927) in 1899 of visual effects of radium radiation in blind eyes. Together with Louis Émile Javal (1839–1907), she also did research, stating that an unimpaired retina as well as an optic nerve are required. Another researcher, Efim Semenovich London (1869–1939), was highly interested in this possibility of making the blind see again.