356 THE VITKEOUS HUMOUK, BY PROF. A. IWANOFF. 



filled with fluid and corresponding to the canal of Petit ; in 

 other words, whether this canal possesses a lumen in the living 

 eye. We may rather admit, with Henke and Henle, that the 

 anterior and posterior walls of the canal of Petit in the living 

 eye, without being fused together, are in contact, or only sepa- 

 rated by an extremely thin layer of fluid. Even, however, if the 

 canal of Petit, as such, does not exist, the disposition of parts 

 above described will enable the physiological role subserving 

 accommodation ascribed to it to be fulfilled. 



