CHAPTER XVI

OPERATIONS FOR NEW GROWTHS OF THE UTERUS
For Uterine Fibro-myomata, [165]for Pedunculated Tumours, [165]; forSessile Tumours, [166]; for Interstitial Tumours, [167]. VaginalHysterectomy, [167]for Carcinoma, [168]; for Fibroids, [173][165][173]

SECTION II

OPHTHALMIC OPERATIONS

By M. S. MAYOU, F.R.C.S. (Eng.)

Assistant Surgeon to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital; Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Children’s Hospital, Paddington Green.

CHAPTER I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO OPERATIONS
UPON THE EYE
General Preliminaries to an Operation, [177]. Local Preparation of thePatient, [80]. Making and Healing of Wounds in the Globe, [182]Purificationof Hands, [182]; of Instruments, [183]; Direction of Incision,[183]; Position of Incision, [184]; Dressings, [186]; Bandaging, [186][177][186]

CHAPTER II

OPERATIONS UPON THE LENS
Surgical Anatomy, [187]. Discission or Needling, [189]for Cataract, [189];for High Myopia, [190]. Capsulotomy, [192]. Evacuation, [194]. Evulsionof the Capsule, [195]. Extraction of the Lens, [195]. Modifications,[201]; Delivery of the Lens by Irrigation, [203]; Extraction of the Lensin its Capsule, [204]; Subconjunctival Extraction, [204]. Couching, [209][187][210]