A lecture of the anatomy, physiology, & pathology of the eye : which was delivered to the members of the City of London Medical and Chirurgical Society / by Thomas Firth.
- Firth, Thomas
- Date:
- MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A lecture of the anatomy, physiology, & pathology of the eye : which was delivered to the members of the City of London Medical and Chirurgical Society / by Thomas Firth. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![|e ramifications of a vefiel, which proceeds bm the artery that has already] been defcrib- as running through the center of the op- nerve. The ramifications of this artery t indeed in general distributed on the retina; t there is one branch arifing from it which Tes quite through the vitreous humour, and eads itfelf in a beautiful manner on the back the capfula of the cryftalline. This vefiel es off very fine lateral branches as it paiTes ough the vitreous humour, and from thefe s reafonable to fuppofe the pellucid humouf we-mentioned, may be in a great mea- | fecreted. In the middle and fore-part this humour is a depreffion or cavity, which fives the pofterior portion of the cryftalline* I the margin of this cavity appears like rcular protuberance. On this circular protu- ince are feen the little radiated chan- ! before-mentioned, which are made by the ry proceffes as they pafs to the circular of the cryftalline, and which appear k at their bottom upon feparating the cry- be and vitreous humours from their adhe- * to the ciliary proceffes. This appearance F * of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21633873_0113.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
