The "New Operation for Cataract"

Sir,?Under this title Dr. Green of San Francisco discusses in the Indian Medical Gazette for August, 1917, the merits of the cataract operation purporting to have been performed by Hari Shankar in November, 1915. The operation as described by Dr. Green in the above article is a good deal different to the one I had occasion during last May to witness Hari Shankar doing in about 60 cases, most of which I followed up for some days after the operation. As a very erroneous idea is likely to be conveyed to the readers by Dr. Green's account and his strictures on the various papers published jointly by Major Corry and Hari Shankar, I feel bound to impartially record what I saw of the operations and their results. The following is a brief account of the steps of the operation : Preparation:?After complete cocainisation and adrenalisation of the conjunctiva, the eye lashes are cut, face and eyebrows washed with soap and water, and the conjunctival sac thoroughly flushed with water from a large irrigator hung above the table. An injection of adrenalin and weak cocaine is made into the outer canthus and a sterilised suture