Transactions . sule is always in theone direction. The original capsule, however thin, remainsquite even, while one or more of the deep, sometimesthicker, new non-resistant layers bulge XVII, fig. 3 shows large numbers of minute spaces. Thecontrast between the greatly thickened anterior capsuleand the thin posterior capsule is well shown. (Thisthickening may account for the faint diffuse general lossof transparency of many Morgagnian cataracts, first notice- PLATE XVI. Illustrates H. Herberts paper on The CapsularOpacities of Morgagnian Cataract (p. 349). Fig. 1.~ X 7
Transactions . sule is always in theone direction. The original capsule, however thin, remainsquite even, while one or more of the deep, sometimesthicker, new non-resistant layers bulge XVII, fig. 3 shows large numbers of minute spaces. Thecontrast between the greatly thickened anterior capsuleand the thin posterior capsule is well shown. (Thisthickening may account for the faint diffuse general lossof transparency of many Morgagnian cataracts, first notice- PLATE XVI. Illustrates H. Herberts paper on The CapsularOpacities of Morgagnian Cataract (p. 349). Fig. 1.~ X 72. Fig. 2.— x 72. Irregular thickening of capsule. Some of the greaterthickenings show spaces forming. The larger swelling near the middleis multi-locular. The dark swelling immediately above this was found,under higher magnification, filled with particles of ? broken-down cap-sular svibstance. There are two small spaces below where the capsuleis but little thickened. (^PHTH. Soc. Trans. Vol. XXXV. Plate Fiu. 1. ¥ Fig. 2. A,/l,i7ii &r Soil, I III/,) CAPSULAR OPACITIES OF MORGAGNIAN CATARACT. 351 able during operation after evacuation of the contents.)The formation of spaces is not limited entirely to obviouslythickened portions. To my mind the chief interest in this isolated case liesin the possibility that it may illustrate more or lessexactly the changes accountable for the well-known clearrings or globules ^ of one of the commonest forms ofafter-cataract. As I have never ventured to extract oneof these thin after-cataracts I have not been able to testthis suggestion. The clinical appearance of the globulesseems much moi-e easily explicable on this supposition thanby any possible results of the proliferation of the very distinct outlines of the circles, dark anddefined by direct ophthalmoscopic examination, and theirrounded shape, point to enclosures of some kind. Andthey are frequently seen in the posterior capsule, where itis uncovered by anterior ca
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