TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



cedure, even touch the lens. After the eye 

 has been thus partly separated into, as nearly 

 as possible, two equal parts, lay it down upon 



Fig. 42 Showing method of cutting through the crystalline lens. 



the cornea, and, holding the razor blade in the 

 forefingers and thumbs of both hands, cut the 

 lens in two by forcing the blade down through 

 it. (Fig. 42.) Partly open the cut eye to allow 

 one jaw of the large scissors to enter, turn 

 the eye over so the cornea will rest on that 



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