Word: sclera
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...table, an assistant washed the clouded eye with a mercury solution and applied a few drops of anesthetic. Then, while another assistant held a flashlight, the surgeon slipped his knife into the patient's eyeball at the exact junction of the transparent cornea and the white sclera. With a snip of his scissors, he cut out a tiny section of the iris. Then, with a deft motion, he flipped out the cataract-clouded lens. One of the assistants slapped a wad soaked with boric acid on the eye, tied a bandage in place, and the operation was over. Average...