Observations and cases relating to the operation for artificial pupil; in a letter from Mr. Maunoir of Geneva, to Professor Scarpa of Pavia, with the professor's answer / communicated by Dr. Marcet.

  • Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822.
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[1816]
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    change in the finall transparent vefsels of: lens, they ftill carry on their diseased act! whilst the fensibility of the retina flo^ returns. Afudden blow, being given to the with a fmall blunt body, and probably- peculiar direction, and with a certain f( will fometimes burst the capsule of chrystalline lens, and force the body o lens, through the iris, into the ant chamber. About five years fmce, a was brought to me, v^rho was ftruck o eye, with a piece of fteel, that flew o: tool, he was hammering. On inspecti' found, on the outer fide of the eye, : midway between the circumference o cornea and the outer angle, a fmall c vasation of blood on the 'tunica conjim which in other respects appeared to» good deal injured by the blow, an chrystalline lens, was feen about hal truded through the aperture in the irii the anterior chamber, of the aqueo