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Posterior chamber, 50, 51, 86, 90 half excavated, 47 half of the eye, 40 half, removing vitreous from, 41 surface of the lens, 55

Preparing eye for dissecting interior, 38 eye for dissecting hyaloid, 26, 27 eye for dissection to show the three tunics, in situ, 120 eye for isolating choroid, 62 eye for isolating retina, 74, 75 eye for ophthalmoscopic examination, 106-110 eye for sagittal section, 86 the lens, 53

Preservative, alcohol as a, 34

Preserving extrinsic muscles, 119 hyaloid, contents and attachments, etc., 32-34, 36 isolated choroid, 72 isolated retina, 84, 85 lens, 57, 58 sagittal sections, 89 three tunics and hyaloid, 123

Processes, ciliary, 27, 33, 49 and iris, removing, 121 color of, 50 pigment cells of, 49, 50 relation between iris and, 51, 52 zonular, 27, 34

Processus zonulœ, 34 zonulœ free from ciliary processes, scraping, 121

Pulley of superior oblique muscle, 117

Puncta lacrimalia, nasal duct, and papilla, 92 lacrimalia, papilla, canaliculi, and nasal duct, locating, 92, 95 lacrimalia, papilla, canaliculi, and nasal duct, material for dissecting, 92

Pupillary aperture increasing, 106, 107, 109

Racemose construction of lacrimal gland, 114

References, 23, 25, 46, 52

Relation between iris and processes, 51, 52

Removal of hyaloid membrane with contents and attachments intact, 25 of pigment from processus zonulœ, 34

Removing capsule of lens, 59 choroid, 46 cornea for isolating choroid or retina, 62-64 choroid for dissecting three tunics, 122 iris and lens, 75, 77 iris and processes, 121 lens from choroid, 69-71 lens from anterior half and other parts, 51, 53, 54 sclerotic to show the three tunics, 120 the retina from posterior half, 44 vitreous from anterior half, 49 vitreous from choroid, 70-72 vitreous from posterior half, 41

Retina, 40-74 blood-vessels of, 106 central artery of, 43, 49 cutting away sclerotic and choroid for isolating, 83 folding it by blowing air through blowpipe, 81, 82 or choroid, removing cornea for isolating, 62-64 picking up choroid and, 30, 31 preparing eye for isolating, 74, 75 preserving isolated, 84, 85 removing, 44 straightening, 42, 43

Retinæ, pars ciliaris, 49

Retinal artery, course of, 111 image, 110 vessels, 40, 49

Ring, ciliary, 51 cutting ciliary, 121 of superior oblique muscle tendinous, 117

Running through the alcohols, 58, 59

Sagittal section, cutting eye for, 87-89 section, excavated, 90 section of the eye, 86 section, preparing eye for, 86 sections, preserving, 89

Sclerotic and choroid, cutting them away for isolating retina, 83 and cornea, 52 from choroid, for dissection of three tunics and hyaloid, loosening, 120 loosening choroid from, 64, 66-68 pigment of, 46 pinching up, 27, 28 scraping choroid from, 68 separating choroid from, 27, 29 to show the three tunics, removing, 120

Scraping choroid from sclerotic, 68 processus zonulœ free from ciliary processes, 121

Section of optic nerve, cross, 48 cutting eye for sagittal, 87-89 preparing eye for sagittal, 86 sagittal, 86 vertical, 86

Sections, preparing eye for dissecting interior, 38 preserving sagittal, 89

Seeing interior of eye, 110

Separating choroid from sclerotic, 27, 29, 64-68 outer layers of the lens, 54

Serrata, ora, 49

Sheep eyes, 26, 27

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