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Excerpt from On a New Membrane in the Eye: Being the Substance of a Lecture Delivered at Oxford; Before the Late Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
The discovery I have made, and the Observa tions I am now going to Offer to you, if they be correct, must necessarily alter the received laws Of vision 5 and if these remarks shall finally con-a duct us but one step further in the elucidation of truth, my Object will be answered. Acquainted, and well acquainted, as all before me of course are, with the Anatomy Of'fithe Eye, it would be superfluous as well as tedious to enter into any anatomical description Of its various parts, and I shall therefore proceed at once to my subject.
If we look through the Cornea into the bottom of a recent Eye, (say of the sheep or ox, as these are the most readily Obtained) we shall perceive a bright shining surface, which is more or less brilliant according to the time the Eye has been kept, and the consequent transparency of the coats and humours. It is still better, however, to remove the Cornea, and take out carefully the humours and the Retina; we shall then have a perfect View of the part in question.
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