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of the skin upward. The Hotz-Anagnostakis operation 

 meets the indications (Fig. i8). 



"A transitive incision from canthus to canthus is 

 made through the skin and subjacent tissue." The in- 

 cision should be slightly curved, and should follow the 

 upper border of the tarsus, 6 to 8 mm. above the border 



Fig. 1 8. — Operation of Anagnostakis and Hotz. (de Schweinitz, Dis- 

 eases of the Eye.") - 



at the center and 2 mm. above the canthi. The wound 

 is then separated, and a narrow bundle of the muscle- 

 fibers, which run transversely with the upper border 

 of the tarsus, is exsected with the scissors and for- 

 ceps. Three sutures are applied, one in the middle and 

 one at each side, at about equal distances apart. The 

 center needle is first introduced through the skin only 



