The principles and practice of surgery: embracing minor and operative surgery : with a bibliographical index of American surgical writers from the year 1783 to 1860 : arranged for the use of students (Volume 2) . The opening in the mirror is repre-sented as too Diagram giving a view of the examination of an eye by the Ophthalmoscopo. dilate the pupil by the use of a few drops of the solution of the sulphate ofatropia, as directed in cataract. Then seating him, in a dark room, near a CHOROIDITIS AND RETINITIS. 103 table, so that the light may be placed by the side of his head, (aflfecte


The principles and practice of surgery: embracing minor and operative surgery : with a bibliographical index of American surgical writers from the year 1783 to 1860 : arranged for the use of students (Volume 2) . The opening in the mirror is repre-sented as too Diagram giving a view of the examination of an eye by the Ophthalmoscopo. dilate the pupil by the use of a few drops of the solution of the sulphate ofatropia, as directed in cataract. Then seating him, in a dark room, near a CHOROIDITIS AND RETINITIS. 103 table, so that the light may be placed by the side of his head, (aflfected side,)the surgeon holds the mirror in his right hand, before and near to his owneyes, inclining it so that he may cast the rays of light which it reflectsdirectly into the patients eye. Then, with his left hand adjusting the con-cave lens so as to bring the rays to a focus, he will have a good view ofthe interior of the patients eyeball. Sometimes it is useful to shield thepatients eye from the light by directing him to hold a fan or screen at theside of his head, between it and the light. A steady light is important—gas being better than a candle or lamp. Appearances of the Healthy Eye.—The interior of the healthy eye ofman is of a red or orange color, b


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