TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



rate the suspensory ligament, using for this 

 purpose the small-pointed scissors. The cap- 

 sule may be removed by picking it up on the 

 periphery of the lens, and stripping it off. It 

 will peel off about the same way that the outer 

 skin of a bean or pea does. 



Fig. 18 Enlarged to show the processus zonuloe. (Page 53.) 



The tri-radiate lines on the posterior and 

 the anterior surfaces of the lens will not be 

 as clearly discernible as in the lens coming 

 from the hardened eye. Close inspection and 

 the use of a hand lens will help bring them 

 out more clearly. 



Now, with the point of the scalpel try to 

 separate the outer layers (cortex) from the 



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