Excerpt from The Vitreous Body: Its Origin, Development, and Structure as Observed in the Eye of the Pig To attempt a solution of the problem by methods not heretofore employed in this matter, is the purpose of this work.

The Vitreous organizes these findings into a well-constructed compendium that not only addresses the most current scientific knowledge, but also reviews historical perspec tives in a manner that lends richness to the scope of the book.

Written by 90 authors, this book has 56 chapters organized into 7 sections: Biochemistry; Anatomy, Development, and Aging; Pathology/Pathobiology; Physiology and Phamacotherapy; Posterior Vitreo-Retinal Surgery; Peripheral Vitreo-Retinal ...

... corpus vitreum , proceeded from the numerous vessels which were on the inner surface of the retina . On examining the retina of a sound eye , and its arteria centralis , together with one taken from an eye which had been attacked with ...

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