The Extraction of Cataract in Its Capsule, by Division of the Suspensory Ligament
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no signs of emerging in response to this pressure, I turned to capsulotomy. And though I do not consider myself an over-nervous surgeon, I confess to have felt a slight feeling of nervousness in every case. The majority of surgeons still adhere to the old operation^ in spite of secondary cataracts. Mr. Eason in the Lancetof July 29th, 1911, gives 30?50 per cent, as the average rate of secondary cataracts. This conservatism is not, I feel sure, due to any disregard of the advance that has been made by science, but is, I feel sure, the result of the same difficulty which drove me back to capsulotomy, namely, the inability to perform the intracapsular operation. Convinced as I was of the great advantages of removing the lens in its capsule, I began a series
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The Extraction of the Lens in Its Capsule (Smith's Operation) by Division of the Suspensory Ligament
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