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of July, 1837. It was the seat of an accumulation of blood 
in a cavity formed on one side by the choroid and on the 
other by the retina and the hyaloid, which was pressed for¬ 
ward. Before dissecting this eye, which was considerably 
diminished in size, an opacity which nearly covered the 
whole of the cornea was perceived to exist, and no trace of 
the pupil could be seen. In dividing the thick, false mem¬ 
brane which contained the remains of the retina and the 
hyaloid, and which formed the anterior wall of the cavity, a 
portion of the posterior surface of the cataract, which adhered 
to the membrane was excised. Similar adhesions existed at 
the anterior surface, which united it to the iris. In this case 
also it was easy to separate from the whole surface of the 
cataract this transparent hyaline membrane which we have 
often indicated, and respecting the nature of which we are not 
informed, as it was also found in eyes which were not dis¬ 
eased. We consider it to be the anterior layer of the an- 
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terior crystalloid. Under this serous membrane was found 
the capsule, much thickened, and enclosing the yellow 
nucleus of the lens, which was surrounded by a turbid liquid. 
The iris was at every point adhering to the posterior surface 
of the cornea. The tissue of the latter was much thickened. 
In dissecting it the membrane of Descemet was easily sepa¬ 
rated, with the exception of one portion at the inferior part, 
which adhered to the iris. The pupil was obliterated by a 
thick, false membrane, of a whitish colour. It is remarkable 
that in this case all the parts of the eye had suffered from 
the attack of phlegmasia, with the exception of the anterior 
layer of the anterior crystalloid and nearly the whole of the 
membrane of the aqueous humour. 
9 th Obs. (No. 176 bis ).—Atrophy of the globe, synechia 
anterior complete, ossification of the retina. 
This preparation belongs to a series of observations re¬ 
lating to the atrophy of the globe of the eye and the ossifi¬ 
cation of the retina, consequent on specific ophthalmia, and 
is only cited here on account of the synechia anterior being 
complete. In another atrophied eye of the horse the same 
adhesions of the choroid and the sclerotica, also of the mem¬ 
brane of Descemet with the capsule of the lens and the iris, 
existed. The posterior half of the globe was converted into 
a solid mass of a dark colour, intermixed with whitish and 
grayish parts, in which none of the original tissues could be 
recognised. Here, likewise, bony particles were found mingled 
in this amorphous mass. 
10^ Obs .—The eye of a horse dissected on 8th of June, 
1837 (No. 162 bis). Simple lenticular cataract. 
