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Technique of Eye Dissections · Frederic A. Woll — chapter 3 of 17 · ~221 words · public domain

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12. Tearing retina away from posterior half of eye 44

13. Posterior half of eye with retina removed 45

14. Excavated posterior half of eye 46

15. Split optic nerve 47

16. Ciliary processes and the lens 48

17. How to pull off vitreous 50

18. Processus Zonuloe 54

19. Onion-like layers of lens removed 56

20. Cross section of lens 57

21. Lenses showing the results of different kinds of treatment 60

22. Puncturing the cornea 63

23. Removing the cornea 64

24. How to separate the choroid from the sclerotic 65

25. Cutting away the separated sclerotic 67

26. Scraping the choroid free from the sclerotic 68

27. The isolated choroid 69

28. Inserting scalpel to loosen lens and cut through vitreous 70

29. Taking out lens and “core” of vitreous 71

30. Squeezing out remaining part of vitreous 72

31. Cutting through the iris 75

32. Cutting around the ciliary ring 76

33. Lens, iris, and part of vitreous removed 77

34. How to force blowpipe into the vitreous 78

35. Bulging out of vitreous caused by blowing air through glass blowpipe 79

36. Showing vitreous removed 80

37. Folding the retina by blowing air at it through blowpipe 81

38. Suspended retina. Sclerotic ready to be cut away 82

39. Showing sclerotic nearly all cut away 83

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