Home›Articles›From Couching to a Plastic Lens: How Cataract Surgery ChangedArticleFrom Couching to a Plastic Lens: How Cataract Surgery ChangedArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnCataract Surgery, Treatments Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: Cataract Surgerytier 2WikipediaHistory section, raw wikitext fetched 2026-09-21Quote, History section, raw wikitext fetched 2026-09-21Couching was the main procedure for cataracts from antiquity until Sep. 18, 1750 when French surgeon Jacques Daviel, credited as the father of modern cataract extraction surgery, performed a planned extracapsular cataract extraction while in Cologne.View the SourceMedicine Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.