The Fascinating Eye
The eye has fascinated human study from the beginning. An example of this
is the early anatomic drawings or Valverde de Amusco, published1560.
Valverde was born in the Kingdom of Leon in what is now Spain in about
the year 1525 and studied medicine in Padua and Rome.
In current times we have learned a great deal more about the eye and
ability to preserve and enhance vision. In modern medicine, the eye
was the first to receive a artificial implanted device, the intraocular
lens used in cataract surgery. Approximately 5 million are implanted
each year in the world. The eye was also the first target in the body
of the laser. Countless laser procedures, of various kinds, are done
each year.
We have included in this web area some of the general questions that
we are commonly asked and information about the eye.
Interesting Eye Facts
• Eyes are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.
• Each eye is composed of more than two million working
parts.
• Under the right conditions, you can discern the light of a candle at a
distance of 14 miles.
• The eyes uses 65% of all the nerve pathways to the brain.
• The eyes contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.
• An eagle can see a rabbit about 1 mile or 1760 yards away (or 20/6 vision).
The average person needs to be about 550 yards away to see the same rabbit
(or 20/20).
• Eyes are your most precious sense... care for them properly!
