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‘cut the cornea in a very great hurry. The 
opening in the cornea was but fmall, which 
gave me more difficulty in extracting the 
cryftalline than I had in any of the for- 
mer. 
NoTwITHSTANDING this unlucky 
accident, fhe had a tolerably good reco- 
very; her eye was pained, and fomewhat: 
inflamed, for fome time after the opera- 
tion, but never violently, She was dif- 
miffed the houfe about fix weeks after the 
operation, being them able to diftinguifh 
very finall objects. 
N. B. Some eyes are more proper for 
this operation than others ; the larger the 
eye, and the more convex the cornea, the 
operation will be the eafier. This woman 
had a remarkably bad eye in this refpect ; 
it was {mall, the cornea flat, and the di- 
ftance between the eye-lids, when open, 
was very little: Perhaps the,/pecu/um oculi 
would be of ufe to help all thefe faults 
while the cornea is cutting, but no longer, 
for fear of prefling ont the vitreous hu- 
mour, 
THERE 
