![The history of cataract surgery: from couching to phacoemulsification - Leffler - Annals of Translational Medicine The history of cataract surgery: from couching to phacoemulsification - Leffler - Annals of Translational Medicine](https://cdn.amegroups.cn/journals/amepc/files/journals/16/articles/54993/public/54993-PB17-1917-R1.png/w300)
The history of cataract surgery: from couching to phacoemulsification - Leffler - Annals of Translational Medicine
HelpMeSee - Did you know couching is one of the earliest forms of cataract surgery? Couching dislodges the opaque lens of the eye from the line of sight, thereby removing the cloudy
![The woodcut illustrates an eye surgery, the so called couching in the 16th century Stock Photo - Alamy The woodcut illustrates an eye surgery, the so called couching in the 16th century Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TA346E/the-woodcut-illustrates-an-eye-surgery-the-so-called-couching-in-the-16th-century-TA346E.jpg)