The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . n antiseptic solution (warm sat-urated solution of boric acid in 1-10,000 ofbichlorid) and all other antiseptic precautionscarried out, a few drops of a sterile, four percent solution of cocain are, at intervals of a min-ute for five minutes, dropped into the eye. Thewire speculum is now introduced, and the eyesteadied by fixation forceps. The point of akeratome is entered at the upper sclero-cornealjunction, at right angles to the globe; when thecornea is pierced the handle is depressed andthe point pushed across the ant
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . n antiseptic solution (warm sat-urated solution of boric acid in 1-10,000 ofbichlorid) and all other antiseptic precautionscarried out, a few drops of a sterile, four percent solution of cocain are, at intervals of a min-ute for five minutes, dropped into the eye. Thewire speculum is now introduced, and the eyesteadied by fixation forceps. The point of akeratome is entered at the upper sclero-cornealjunction, at right angles to the globe; when thecornea is pierced the handle is depressed andthe point pushed across the anterior chamberas deeply as necessary. The aqueous begins toescape as soon as the withdrawal commences, sothat the sharp point of the instrument should be 396 COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE made to hug the posterior surface of the cornea,else the lens may be wounded. The fixationforceps are now given to an assistant, and withthe iris scissors in the right hand, the iris for-ceps are, with the left, introduced closed into theanterior chamber and carried along the posterior. Fixation Forceps.
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