Death · 30 October 1983

Death of Lester Tallmon Jones

Lester Tallmon Jones died in Portland on 30 October 1983. The American ophthalmologist described the lacrimal pump, formalised the Jones fluorescein tests, and designed the Jones tube for lacrimal surgery.

Archival photograph of the New York Foundling Hospital operating room circa 1899. — Operating room in New York, circa 1899. Contextual archival photograph, not the event described.
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Byron Company / Museum of the City of New York / Wikimedia Commons · Domaine public · photographie de 1899
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October 30 — On This Day in Medical History
LITFL · Historical date : 1983-10-30

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