TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



This specimen will show the vena vorticosa, 

 the ciliary nerves, and their way of ramifying, 

 and the long ciliary arteries, which run oppo- 

 site each other and which may be recognized 

 by their rather colorless, tubular appearance. 

 The evacuated choroid makes 1 an excellent 

 specimen and one easily examined. Place it 

 in a 3 per cent, solution of formaldehyde, and 

 then examine with a skiascope, an ophthalmo- 

 scope, or by "oblique illumination. " 



This dissection is wholly original, and may 

 be done in about five minutes. The old tech- 

 nique for doing it required at least an hour 

 of time with the possibility of procuring one 

 perfect specimen in every six or seven. The 

 technique as given here will make it possible 

 to do the work in not longer than five or six 

 minutes for the beginner, and about four min- 

 utes for the expert. 



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