Observations relative to the extraction and dissipation of the cataract; the cure of the gutta serena; and the treatment of the epiphora; or, watery eye.

  • Ware, James, 1756-1815.
Date:
MDCCXCV [1795]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations relative to the extraction and dissipation of the cataract; the cure of the gutta serena; and the treatment of the epiphora; or, watery eye. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A N ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES WHICH HAVE MOST COMMONLY PREVENTED SUCCESS IN THE OPERATION EXTRACTING THE CATARACT, ■WITH AN ACCOUNT OP THE MEANS by Which they may EITHER BE AVOIDED OR RECTIFIED. THOSE profeffional men, who en- gage in the operation of extracting the Cataract, are feldom fo wholly defective in judgement as to be unable to difcriminate between the cafes to which this operation is adapted, and thofe in which it is improper : Nor can their knowledge of the ftructure of the eye, and of the general rules by which the operation ought to be conducted, be often juftly called in queftion. Admitting, how- ever, that they poffefs thefe neceflary quali- B fi cations,