Something in Return: Memoirs of a Life in Medicine

In these pages you will find many intriguing events--some happy some humorous others tragic--in the authors experience as an ophthalmologist. In one particularly rewarding episode Dr. Kurz taught ophthalmologists in Tanzania how to insert an artificial lens into the eye at the time of cataract removal and oversaw the first lens implantation ever in that country. A construction engineer previously unable to read blueprints was so astounded with his restored vision after cataract surgery that when the bandage was removed he blurted out Well Ill be damned! His exuberance epitomized the observation by Dr. Kurzs professor that ophthalmology is a happy field.