A treatise on the diseases of the eye . cles. By Wm. Clay Wallace, Oculist. New York, 1839.[** Sofiie years ago a chair of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery was establishedin the Vermont Academy of Medicine, but it has lately been abolished.] KXX11 INTRODUCTION. Diseases of the Eye, form part of the Spring course established underthe auspices of the school. This example, it is to be hoped, will be imitated. The means of in-struction are ample, a sufficient number of Institutions especially designedfor the treatment of those laboring under Ophthalmic diseases, being atthe present period in succes
A treatise on the diseases of the eye . cles. By Wm. Clay Wallace, Oculist. New York, 1839.[** Sofiie years ago a chair of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery was establishedin the Vermont Academy of Medicine, but it has lately been abolished.] KXX11 INTRODUCTION. Diseases of the Eye, form part of the Spring course established underthe auspices of the school. This example, it is to be hoped, will be imitated. The means of in-struction are ample, a sufficient number of Institutions especially designedfor the treatment of those laboring under Ophthalmic diseases, being atthe present period in successful operation. Thus in New York, theEye and Ear Infirmary established in 1820, in Boston, the MassachusettsCharitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in Philadelphia the Wills Hos-pital for the Blind and Lame, a noble charity, afford the amplest meansfor clinical instruction. Eye Infirmaries have also been established inAlbany, Baltimore, Rochester, &c, which, with due encouragement,might be made available for the same Pl. « ft tf 33 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE I. Fig. 1. — Horizontal Section of the Eyeball. 1. Sclerotica. 2. Sheath of the optic nerve, or canal ofFontana. 3. Circular venous sinus of the iris. 4. Proper substance of the cornea. A. Conjunctiva extending over the cornea. 5. Arachnoidea oculi. 6. Membrane of the anterior chamber ofthe aqueous humor. Of the two dotted lines,one points to the membrane of Descemet, theother to the supposed continuation of thatmembrane over the anterior surface of theiris. 7. Choroid 8. Annulus albidus. 9. Ciliary ligament. 10. 10. Ciliary body, consisting of (10) apars non-fimbriata, and (10) a pars fimbriataformed by the ciliary processes. 11. Ora serrata of the ciliary body. 12. Iris. 13. Pupil. 14. Membrane of the pigment. 15. Delicate membrane lining the posteriorchamber of the aqueous humor. 16. Membrane of Jacob. 17. The optic nerve surrounded by its gene-ral neurilema. 17. The fibres of the optic nerve, consist-ing of fas
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