A New Corneal Scraper for Tattooing
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hydrargyri perchloridum solution and later with sterile distilled water. Saline is not to be used on account of its decomposing effects on the solutions used for tattooing. The next step is to scrape off the superficial corneal epithelium. Ordinary Graefe's knives, secondary knives, scalpels, discission needles, pterygium knives and many other instruments have been used to scrape the cornea, but not being satisfied with any of these instruments, I have devised a special corneal scraper of which an illustration is given herewith. The corneal epithelium is very lightly scraped, particular care being taken to scrape the margins of the opacity. If
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