Lectures on cataract : its causes, varieties, and treatment / by George Cowell.
- Cowell, George, 1836-
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on cataract : its causes, varieties, and treatment / by George Cowell. 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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![objection to the use of a scoop and to the lateral and scleral position of the section except in very rare cases. My opinions on these points I have previously expressed. Another objec- tion in my mind is the frequency with which vitreous is lost. Mr. Macnamara is, however, of opinion that there is no objection to the loss of a moderate quantity of vitreous, and in fact now prefers to see vitreous present through the pupil before tying u]d the eye. So far as my own experience goes, I find that eyes in which more than a very small quan- tity of vitreous has been lost are not found to retain, for any length of time, the acuteness of vision with which they may be credited when only a few months have elapsed. This is a point, however, which can only be set at rest by the continued observation of a large series of cases. Another proposal by way of avoiding an iridectomy is the method of extraction sug- gested by Dr. Charles Bell Taylor Dr. Charles ° ^ . _ tx i • i Bell Taylor's of Nottingham. He has raised Method. , . . ., , •! • strong objection to the mutilation of the pupil, and has proposed to avoid the frequent prolapse of the iris by separating](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21446635_0134.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
