. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. After Sieilwag. After Stellwas from the subjacent parts; but advantage being taken of the looseness of thesubcutaneous cellular tissue, the flap is pressed downwards,^ and thus theeyelid is set free. The success of this operation depends very much on » Vide ]\rr. Wharton Jones, Treatise on Oplithalmic Medicine and Surgerj-, p. 625. 2 Mr. J(jnes is here describing the method in which tlie operation is tobe performedon the upper lid; in the lower lid, ofcoui-se, the flap would be pressed upwards, and thenatural position of the edge of the lid would be thu
. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. After Sieilwag. After Stellwas from the subjacent parts; but advantage being taken of the looseness of thesubcutaneous cellular tissue, the flap is pressed downwards,^ and thus theeyelid is set free. The success of this operation depends very much on » Vide ]\rr. Wharton Jones, Treatise on Oplithalmic Medicine and Surgerj-, p. 625. 2 Mr. J(jnes is here describing the method in which tlie operation is tobe performedon the upper lid; in the lower lid, ofcoui-se, the flap would be pressed upwards, and thenatural position of the edge of the lid would be thus regained. ECTROPITJM. 121 the looseness of the cellular tissue. For some days before the operation,therefore, the skin should be moved up and down, in order to render thecellular tissue more yielding. In Figs. 48 and 49 the method of performing this operation upon thelower eyelid is illustrated. A horn spatula having been inserted beneaththe lower lid, so as to render this tense, two straight incisions are to be madefrom the edge of
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