TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



cutting on a line parallel to the equatorial me- 

 ridian and about 5 mm. anterior to it until 

 about half the sclerotic has been separated. 

 In cutting, always move the point of the scis- 





Fig. 3 Showing how the point of the lower jaw of the scissors 

 is to be kept away from the underlying tissues. (Page 27.) 



sors forward with a slight oscillating lateral 

 movement. (Fig. 4.) While doing this, partly 

 suspend the eyeball from the point of the scis- 

 sors. Doing these things will tend to loosen 



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