Dispensary Corner 24 May 10
May 24, 2010
A GROUNDBREAKING operation
in New Zealand has seen a cat’s
eyelids replaced with the lining of
a sheep’s stomach.
It sounds bizarre, but has saved
they eyesight of the lucky feline
which was born with a genetic
defect called eyelid agenesis
which stops animals’ eyelids from
forming properly.
Vet Gary Cullen rebuilt the
eyelids using “collagen-rich
sheep’s stomach lining.
“Even though it’s from a sheep,
the body views it as part of itself,
as a scaffold to grow into,” he
said, with the technology hoped
to be one day used on humans.
AND while we’re on the subject, a
martial arts expert in China has
used a rope somehow hooked up
to his eyelids to pull a plane for
five metres.
50-year-old Dong Changsheng
took less than a minute to
perform the stunt at the
Changchun International
Exhibition Centre in Jilin province.
The kung-fu master is
renowned for his skills which have
seen him given many awards.
“I have pulled a car with my
eyelids before but this was the first
time with an aeroplane,” he said.
PEOPLE who have survived heart
attacks are “highly likely to avoid
sex,” according to a study
presented to the American Heart
Association last week.
The scientists said unless
doctors spoke to them about postcardiovascular
incident intercourse,
patients had a significant fear it
would kill them.
Lead researcher Stacy Lindau
said that despite this fear, the
chance of dying during sex was
“really small”.
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