PEE FACE 



THE aim of this booklet is to present to the 

 eye-specialist, the teacher, the student, and 

 others interested in the study of the anatomy 

 and physiology of the eye, some definite meth- 

 ods to follow in the dissection of that organ. 



Most dissections of the eye are not made 

 with the same degree of care and skill used in 

 the dissections of other organs. In follow- 

 ing the usual method of dissecting eyes, much 

 of the important detail is lost. Often certain 

 membranes are confounded with others, and 

 wrongly demonstrated. Furthermore, an eye 

 is merely divided by some demonstrators into 

 an anterior and a posterior half, a very short 

 time is spent by the students scrutinizing each 

 half; then the text-book is turned to, and the 

 anatomy is studied descriptively. 



Not enough time has been given to thorough- 

 ly dissecting all parts of the eye. As much 

 time should be given as is necessary to bring 



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