TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



To remove the remaining part of the first 

 coat is a little more difficult, and needs a little 

 more care. Hold the optic nerve in the left 

 hand, and pull it so that the sclerotic will pull 



Fig. 26. Showing how to scrape the choroid free from the 

 sclerotic near the optic nerve. 



away from the choroid. Then, using the cut- 

 ting edge of the scalpel, scrape the choroid 

 loose from the sclerotic close up to the en- 

 trance of the optic nerve. (Fig. 26.) Do not 



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