EYESIGHT RESTORED BY OPERATION
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Received ^edndsday, 11,55 . p.m. . . ' 'LONDON, 'August 21. Rosemary Swartrick, aged 12, of Preston, partially Plind since she was i'ourteen and totally "blind for ten months, is now able to read the smaliest print and thread a needle, as the result of a remarkable operation at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospitai. The cornea was removed from the eye of a wounded soldier and from tne eye of a civilian, and grafted on to replace Rosemary 's weak ones. She now works efficiently as a waitress.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1946, Page 5
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