TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



as indicated, can be done only with an eye that 

 is very fresh. 



Still another way to see the interior is to cut 

 out a piece of the sclerotic about the size of a 

 twenty-five-cent piece; then pinch up and tear 



Fig. 57 Showing window cut in 



sclerotic, choroid, 



and retina. 



out the choroid and the retina under the open- 

 ing made in the sclerotic. (Fig. 57.) Hold the 

 eye, the cornea forward, close to a bright light, 

 and the image of the light will be seen upon 

 the retina, The closer the light is to the eye, 

 the greater the illumination will be in the 



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