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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.


PLATE I.

Fig. 1, A plan of the muscular branches of the ophthalmic artery, from Soemmering. Icon. Ocul. Hum. Tab. 4ta.

Fig. 2. Simple acute inflammation of the conjunctiva. See page 91.

Fig. 3. A plan to shew the cicatrization of an ulcer of the cornea, whether pustular or interstitial, and communicating with the surface, by a fasciculus of vessels carrying red blood. See page 109.

Fig. 4. The state of strumous nebula with vessels in the form of radii overshooting the cornea. These are not continuous with, but distinct from the vessels of the conjunctiva, and beneath it. See page 110.

I have seen cases of the prolongation of these vessels even to the centre of the cornea, organizing the nebulous deposit, affecting both eyes of the same patient, and occasioning total opa- �