. Studies in the history and method of science. to moistenthe eye and to preserve the convexity of the cornea. In a deadman this humour dries up, and the cornea falls and is flattened,and then the vulgar say that there appears a curtain before theeyes which is an infallible sign of death. Also this humour holdsthe pupil open ; therefore when it dries up the pupil contracts. Between the two last tunics, i. e. the arachnoid and the retina,which have their origin from the optic nerve, there are two are the vitreous humour, so called from its likeness toliquified glass, and the cryst
. Studies in the history and method of science. to moistenthe eye and to preserve the convexity of the cornea. In a deadman this humour dries up, and the cornea falls and is flattened,and then the vulgar say that there appears a curtain before theeyes which is an infallible sign of death. Also this humour holdsthe pupil open ; therefore when it dries up the pupil contracts. Between the two last tunics, i. e. the arachnoid and the retina,which have their origin from the optic nerve, there are two are the vitreous humour, so called from its likeness toliquified glass, and the crystalline humour, from its likeness toa crystal. This is also called the grandid, because it is likea hailstone ; and it is somewhat hard and round, but flattened 120 A STUDY IN EARLY RENAISSANCE ANATOMY anteriorly where it receives the images of-visible things, andposteriorly pyramidal shape and pointed. And here is completedthe act of seeing. In the posterior part it is surrounded by thevitreous humours by which it is nourished. The crystalline.
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