The practice of surgery . A» [Maunoirs Scissors; so delicate that the thickness of the two blades united does not exceed thatof an ordinary probe. (From Lawrence.)—Ed.] iris, while the blunt one is carried between that membrane andthe cornea. The scissors are pushed on, till their farther pro-gress is arrested by the junction of the cornea with the sclerotic,when their blades are brought together, and the iris is dividedas in the former instance. Or, another incision may be madewith them, diverging from the first, and including a triangularportion, the apex of which is near the centre of the i
The practice of surgery . A» [Maunoirs Scissors; so delicate that the thickness of the two blades united does not exceed thatof an ordinary probe. (From Lawrence.)—Ed.] iris, while the blunt one is carried between that membrane andthe cornea. The scissors are pushed on, till their farther pro-gress is arrested by the junction of the cornea with the sclerotic,when their blades are brought together, and the iris is dividedas in the former instance. Or, another incision may be madewith them, diverging from the first, and including a triangularportion, the apex of which is near the centre of the iris. Thenap so formed will shrivel up in the direction of its base, andleave a sufficient opening for the admission of light (Fig. 41, 2and 3). Corectomia, or excision, is performed through the cornea, incases where a portion of that membrane is opaque. When thepupil is non-adherent, and only thecentre of the cornea opaque, abroadflat needle, or the point of a cata-ract-knife, is passed into the ante-rior chamber at th
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