. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . THE FIRST MANHATTAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL,34TH STREET. founded by Herman Knapp in 1868; the Brooklyn Eyeand Ear Hospital by Arthur Matthewson, late of theUnited States Army, and Homer C. Newton, late ofthe United States Navy, assisted by Cornelius E. Ag-new, in 1868; the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospitalby Cornelius E. Agnew in 1869. SOME NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS
. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . THE FIRST MANHATTAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL,34TH STREET. founded by Herman Knapp in 1868; the Brooklyn Eyeand Ear Hospital by Arthur Matthewson, late of theUnited States Army, and Homer C. Newton, late ofthe United States Navy, assisted by Cornelius E. Ag-new, in 1868; the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospitalby Cornelius E. Agnew in 1869. SOME NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE TWODECADES AETER 1850. The first of these to which I wish to call attention isthe needle-knife of Dr. Hays for the operation for OPHTHALMOLOGY IN AMERICA. 175 cataract by solution or absorption.^^ Not only did thisinstrument admirably serve the purpose for which itwas designed by Dr. Hays, but it is still an excellentknife for discission of after-cataract. Dr. Hays de-scribed it, in 1855, as having a total length of six-tenths. THE SECOND MANHATTAN EYE AND EAR PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK. of an inch from point to bead, with a perfectly straightcutting edge four-tenths of an inch long. The back wasalso straight to near the point where it was truncated80 as to make the point stronger, but at the same time
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