TECHNIQUE OF EYE DISSECTIONS 



lens. The lens may now be cut away, if the 

 specimen is preferred without it, Eemoving 

 the lens before this time is unwise, because it 

 acts as a protection to the other tissues while 

 the specimen is being handled during the dis- 

 section. 



This specimen will show to the best advan- 

 tage if it is suspended in a jar containing a 5 

 per cent, solution of formaldehyde. Figure 64 

 shows the specimen. 



Fig. 64 A. Optic nerve. B. Sclerotic. 



C. Choroid. D. Eetina. E. Hyaloid. 



F. Lens. 



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