PRESENT STATE OF THE INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT OPERATION

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Abstract
THE IDEA of removing the cataract in its capsule has interested ophthalmic surgeons for many years, but it was not until Henry Smith, in 1903, accepted the opportunity, offered by the many sufferers from cataract in India, to develop an intracapsular technic that a new era began in cataract surgery. While the advantages of removing the capsule and the lens cortex in the cataract operation were apparent to every one, the difficulties and complications of this new procedure were soon recognized, and attempts to overcome them became the task of an ever increasing number of operators.The success of these attempts has been most encouraging; the intracapsular operation has gained steadily in favor and is now practiced by an increasing number of surgeons. An analysis of these efforts and a critical examination of the intracapsular operation of the present day are the purpose of this address.The history of the

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