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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![VI.] TAYLOR'S METHOD. H5 it from its peripheral attacliment instead of removing a segment of that structure. I am afraid that Dr. Taylor somewhat exaggerates the defects occasioned by the sacrifice of a portion of iris, and at the same time substi- tutes for it a proceeding which is fraught with much greater danger to vision. Dr. Taylor's operation is as follows:—Contraction of the pupil having been induced by Calabar bean, he makes a small incision at the summit of the cornea in the corneo-sclerotic junction, about two lines in extent. He then pinches up a minute portion of iris, and snips it off as close to the periphery as possible, and lacerates the capsule with a cystotome inserted into the pupil in the ordinary way. He next enlarges the corneal wound to a sufficient extent, and with a fine pair of iris scissors also separates that mem- brane from its peripheral attachment, and lastly extracts the lens through the enlarged opening in the same way as it would usually be removed through the pupil. For this purpose Dr. Taylor frequently uses a traction instrument (Fig. 37) which is called a vectis. It will be seen that the operation is a com- plicated and difficult one, that, whilst it](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21446635_0135.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
