Sanborn, E.R., 1908. Interesting animal surgery. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 30: 432-433, fig. 1
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Indian Rhino |
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On 28 May 1908, an interesting and unusual operation was performed on our Indian Rhinoceros 'Mogul' by Dr George G. van Mater, of Brooklyn, for cataracts in both eyes. The operation is termed 'needling' and is primarily a rupturing of the crystalline lens, allowing the humor to escape into the anterior or aqueous humor, where a process of absorption takes place. A cataract is not, as most people suppose, a growth over the ball of the eye, but a gradual change of the humor in the crystalline lens to a milky opacity, eventually destroying the sight. Mogul was captured in 1906 and upon arrival in the park, it was noticed that the right eye had been injured. Gradually the defect communicated itself to the left eye, in time rendering the animal nearly blind.
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