THE THREE TUNICS OF THE EYE, THE 

 HYALOID AND ITS ATTACHMENTS 



THIS dissection is a rather difficult one to 

 make, and requires patience. 



Prepare an eye by placing it in a 5 per 



Fig. 61 Cutting through the iris. 



cent, solution of formaldehyde for about ten 

 days to two weeks. Eemove all the outside 

 tissues. Cut away the cornea, as in the dis- 

 section for the choroid or the retina. Loosen, 

 as far back as possible, the sclerotic from the 

 choroid. Pemove the sclerotic for about 10 

 mm. back of the equator of the eye. With the 

 tweezers pick up the pupillary edge of the iris. 

 Using the small pointed scissors, cut through 



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