Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . 738 OTHER OPERATIONS ON OR ABOUT THE EYE. Fig. the aqueous humor. Here, therefore, the upper lid must besupported by the Retractor (Fig. 124), and the lower by thefingers of the surgeon (as shown in Fig. 125)—or the fingers of an assistant may be applied tothe upper. The operator isadvised to touch the corneaonce or twice with the fiatpart of the blade, in order totake ofl the patients alarm;and to use his left hand ifabout to operate on a righteye (unless he prefer, as I do,^S5^^£ to stand behind his patient). He should rest his litt
Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . 738 OTHER OPERATIONS ON OR ABOUT THE EYE. Fig. the aqueous humor. Here, therefore, the upper lid must besupported by the Retractor (Fig. 124), and the lower by thefingers of the surgeon (as shown in Fig. 125)—or the fingers of an assistant may be applied tothe upper. The operator isadvised to touch the corneaonce or twice with the fiatpart of the blade, in order totake ofl the patients alarm;and to use his left hand ifabout to operate on a righteye (unless he prefer, as I do,^S5^^£ to stand behind his patient). He should rest his little fingeron the patients cheek, as if he were writing, and the knife apen. The point enters the transparent cornea, with the edgedownward (see Fig. 129), a little within the outer margin andabove its center, and passes straight across, parallel to the iris,emerging at the opposite margin, the wedge-shaped edgeadvancing in two directions round the cornea, until a completesemi-circular section is made. Some operators prefer to cutupward (as in Fig. 130), though there is an obvious advantagein having
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