Saw this on a mailing-list and it reminded me of your thread here. Came as a complete surprise to me, but if I ever need my eyes operated on then I know what I'll be asking for. ;)
"Ophthalmologists report that those who, for medical reasons, have had their retinal lenses removed and replaced with clear plastic can see into the ultraviolet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ultraviolet> and view electric purple on the spectrum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spectrum> beyond violet because it has been shown that the retina has some ultraviolet sensitivity which is normally blocked by the retinal lens"
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Date: 2007-01-26 04:54 am (UTC)Came as a complete surprise to me, but if I ever need my eyes operated on then I know what I'll be asking for. ;)
"Ophthalmologists report that those who, for medical reasons, have had their retinal lenses removed and replaced with clear plastic can see into the ultraviolet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ultraviolet> and view electric purple on the spectrum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spectrum> beyond violet because it has been shown that the retina has some ultraviolet sensitivity which is normally blocked by the retinal lens"
from the wikipedia article on "purple"