Transactions . o me some years ago on acertain occasion, when I had, without help and in a badlight, to remove a minute fragment of steel that wasembedded in the cornea. For this purpose I devised thatportion of the present contrivance which I call the cornea illuminator, consisting simply of a metal bandto be fixed on the patients forehead, carrying two convexlenses on limbs with universal joints, one for focal illumi-nation and the other to magnify the object. This instru-ment has proved of great use, and has enabled me tooperate many times by artificial light without any extraassistance, w^
Transactions . o me some years ago on acertain occasion, when I had, without help and in a badlight, to remove a minute fragment of steel that wasembedded in the cornea. For this purpose I devised thatportion of the present contrivance which I call the cornea illuminator, consisting simply of a metal bandto be fixed on the patients forehead, carrying two convexlenses on limbs with universal joints, one for focal illumi-nation and the other to magnify the object. This instru-ment has proved of great use, and has enabled me tooperate many times by artificial light without any extraassistance, w^hich in urgent cases, such as injuries and glau-coma, may be of some importance. I have also frequentlyused it for examining the fundus in the inverted image. It subsequently occurred to me that those engaged inmaking dra^\4ngs of the fundus would find it a great helpto have their hands free, and not to have to put down theophthalmoscope to take up the brush, and vice versa j and I fnuisi^hfh Sr,\W ///// XV S^^. f^aot* ^iJl*^-
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