$g6 Mr. Ware’s Case of a young Gentleman , &c. 
unable to distinguish their figure. At the end of a month, finding no further improve- 
ment in her vision, it appeared to me most probable that the remaining opacity was situ- 
ated in the capsules. I therefore determined to extract either a part or the whole of each 
of them. The incisions of the cornea were made in the usual manner ; after which, I 
punctured the anterior parts of both the capsules with the sharp end of a gold curette. 
The punctures became immediately transparent, without affording an issue to the liquor 
Meibomii, or any other humour. From hence it seems evident, that nothing was con- 
tained within the capsules, or, in other words, that the crystalline humours were absorbed ; 
and it appears to me highly probable, that their absorption had been occasioned by the 
previous operation of puncturing their capsules with the couching needle. I dilated the 
new punctures with the end of the curette ; and afterwards, being still afraid that the 
apertures in the capsules might not be large enough to admit a sufficient number of 
the rays of light, I removed a portion of each of them with a small forceps. This was 
accomplished in the left eye, without occasioning the discharge of any part of the 
vitreous humour; and, in the right, the quantity of this humour that came away was 
very small. In the course of a week, the inflammation that followed the operation 
was nearly removed ; a large portion of both pupils was quite clear; and the young 
lady distinguished objects with quickness and precision. 
