A new type of eye endoscope.

OuR knowledge of the interior of the eye has been greatly advanced by the use of the ophthalmoscope, slit lamp, and gonioscope, but the region about and forward from the ora serrata remains invisible. Therefore the nature of any pathological process must be deduced indirectly from its effect on the lens, vitreous, and retina, or by transillumination. A new endoscope has therefore been devised which utilizes the unique light-transmitting properties of solid Perspex (methyl methacrylate). With it this previously almost unknown territory can be inspected; whilst the addition of a small forceps enables any type of foreign body within the globe to be rapidly located and removed with a minimum of trauma.