Eye bank Eye bank Eye banks recover, prepare and deliver donated eyes for cornea transplants and research. The first successful cornea transplant was performed in 1905 and the first eye bank was founded in 1944. Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for over 80,000 cornea transplants each year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and corneal scarring. In some cases, the white of the eye (sclera) is used to surgically repair recipient eyes. Unlike other organs and tissues, there is an adequate supply of corneas for transplants in the United States, and excess tissue is exported internationally, where there
The Eye of Tandyla The Eye of Tandyla "The Eye of Tandyla" is a fantasy story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine "Fantastic Adventures" for May, 1951, and first appeared in book form in de Camp's collection "The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales" (Twayne, 1953). The story has also appeared in the magazine "Fantastic" for November 1965, the anthologies "Time Untamed" (1967), "The Magic of Atlantis" (1970), "Wizards" (1983), and "The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy" (1999) (also published as "The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II"), and the