INTRODUCTION 



a specimen. Fifteen to twenty cents worth of 

 each will be an ample supply to keep on hand. 

 All of these may be procured at any large 

 drug store, and are the only chemicals re- 

 quired for doing the dissections as explained 

 in this book. 



Before further advance is made, it will be 

 best to state that this work deals only with 

 methods for dissecting the various parts of an 

 eye, and is primarily intended to aid in the 

 study of the anatomy and physiology of the 

 eye by being used in conjunction with such 

 books as "Gray's Anatomy," "A Text-Book 

 of Physiology," by Howell, "The Anatomy 

 and the Physiology of the Eye, ' ' by Brown and 

 Zoethout, and similar other works of authority. 

 However, if it is desired to acquire only speci- 

 mens, then, of course, no other works are 

 necessary, and the matter contained herein is 

 sufficient to enable one to procure just what is 

 wanted. 



It is also wise to state here that since hu- 

 man eyes are hard to procure, and not avail- 

 able in large quantities, one must resort to the 



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