An enquiry into the causes which have most commonly prevented success in the operation of extracting the cataract : with an account of the means by which they may either be avoided or rectified : to which are added, observations on the dissipation of the cataract, and on the cure of the gutta serena : also, additional remarks on the epiphora, or, watery eye : the whole illustrated with a variety of cases / by James Ware, surgeon.
- James Ware
- Date:
- 1795
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An enquiry into the causes which have most commonly prevented success in the operation of extracting the cataract : with an account of the means by which they may either be avoided or rectified : to which are added, observations on the dissipation of the cataract, and on the cure of the gutta serena : also, additional remarks on the epiphora, or, watery eye : the whole illustrated with a variety of cases / by James Ware, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![and the Catarad: could not pafs through, un- til it was enlarged by the fcilTars. In the inftance to which I allude, the Cornea was remarkably tough, the knife cutting through it with as much difficulty, as if it had divided a piece of horn ; and, from the apparent fear on the Cornea after the wound was healed, it fhould feem that the Cornea was not only tougher, but alfo thicker than it ufually is* ; and that the knife pafTed for a confiderable diftance be- tween the laminsE of this tunic, inflead of accurately feparating it from the Tunica Sclerotica around its margin. In thefe various ways the incilion through the Cornea may be made too fmall; and by the methods I have now mentioned, its fize may be enlarged. It is certainly defira- ble,. however, to prevent the accident; and for this purpofe the furgeon f]:iould particu- larly attend to the proper mode of fixing the ^ A toughnefs of the Cornea is not an uncommon cir- f.umftance; but the toughnefs is feldom connefted wit|i ;in increafcd thicknefs of this tunic. eyei](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21442836_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
