PREFACE. 



clared that the only way to cure him was 

 to cut away the overgrown lid. In doing 

 this, the mucous membrane necessarily came 

 away with it, leaving the eyeball unpro- 

 tected. The patient was placed under the 

 influence of chloroform, and the mucous 

 membrane from the eye of a rabbit was 

 procured, and placed over the ball of the 

 patient's eye. The operation so far has 

 been entirely successful, and after the 

 patient has recovered strength, the other 

 eye is to be operated upon in a similar 

 manner. The transplanting of the mem- 

 brane from the eye of an animal to that 

 of a human being has been successfully 

 performed only on rare occasions. And it 

 is worthy of note that the loss of the 

 membrane in this instance could not have 

 been supplied either by the Natural Selec- 

 tion theory, or by the skill of the cleverest 

 optician that ever lived. Hence in supply- 

 ing this delicate covering it was necessary 

 to use the handiwork of God, as found in 

 another creature's eye, as formed by the 

 Omnipotent Artificer of the universe. 



