VETEKINAKY OPHTHALMOLOGY. 9B 



cent. sol. Eserine immediately to draw iris away from 

 puncture and tlius prevent prolapse or synechia, etc. 

 Great care is to be taken not to injure the lens or 

 iris. For sliould you hit tlie lens, cataract is apt to 

 ensue, or glaucoma, with its horrible consequences. 

 The cutting of the iris may be followed by a little 

 hemorrhage, which will be absorbed. Be guarded also, 

 in withdrawing the keratome, that a too sudden 

 evacuation of the aqueous does hot occur, as the sudden 

 diminution of intra-ocnlar tension might be followed 

 by hemorrhage into the vitreous, and this is serious. 



