Delayed iridocyclitis, 28 Demonstration of couched cataract, method of, 79 Depression of cataract, 8, 88 Diagnosis of couching having been performed, 77 Difficulties in deciding surgical questions in India, 84 Difficulty of couching, 11, 90 Dislocation of cataract, backward, 39 behind retina, 45, 88 between ciliary body and sclera, 88 forward, 36, 87 in front of anterior hyaloid membrane, 44 partial, 81 Drake-Brockman, E. F., 22 Drake-Brockman, H. E., 9, 22 E Ekambaram, 10, 11, 16, 17, 24, 26, 49 Extraction of cataract, 7 Extraction of couched cataract, 61, 77, 82, 83, 84 F Fees of couchers, 22 Fixation of lens, degree of, 82 Fowl’s blood, use of, by couchers, 18, 20 Fundus reflex absent, 81 G Galen, 3 Glaucoma, 28, 29, 74 after couching, 86 causes of, after couching, 75, 76 frequency of, after couching, 74, 75 Government servants as couchers, 22 H Habits of couchers, 19 Hæmorrhage after couching, 67 Haly Abbas, 2 Hay, William, 7 Headquarters of couchers, 19 Hindu couchers, 19 Hirschberg, 9 Histories of Indian patients, unreliable, 77, 82 Hudson, A. C., 11 Hyphæma, 56 Hypopyon, 56 Hypotony, effect of, on uveal tract, 73 I Imperfect dislocation of cataract, 28, 29 Incision, variation of site of, in couching, 49 Indian Medical Service Officers and couching, 9 Instruments for couching, 4, 16, 20 Invention of couching, first, 2 Iridocyclitis, 25, 28 Iris, atrophy of, 78 flat plane of, in couched eye, 77 scars in, 16, 78 tremulous, 78 Iris bombé, 55 J Jesu Haly, 2 K Kirkpatrick, H., 11, 61, 84 Knife, guarded, 16 L Lens, calcification of, 55 Listerism, influence of, on couching, 9 M Mackenzie, 7, 90 Magic, element of, in couching, 24 Mahomedan couchers, 19, 21 Maynard, F. P., 11 Membrane, dried pieces of, used by couchers, 20 Metabolic changes in development of cataract, 33 Miracles, early Christian, 18 Mistakes in diagnosis, couchers’, 23, 29, 30 Morgagnian cataracts, 27, 90 O Ophthalmoscopy of couched eyes, 31, 80 Optic atrophy, 28, 29 Optic neuritis, 30, 63 P Pain during couching, 15 following couching, 85, 87 causes of, 86 Panophthalmitis, 25, 52, 82 Parsons, J. H., 10 Pathological material available, 35 Philoxenes, 1 Phthisis bulbi, 82 Position of couched cataract, recognition of, 77, 79, 80, 82 Posterior operation, 16 Pott, Percival, 7 Power, Henry, 10 Punjabi couchers, 21 Pupil, blackness of, in couched cataract, 77 occlusion of, 81 Q Quartillera, 11 R Razes, 2 Reascension of couched cataract, 89 Reclination of cataract, 7, 8, 88 Reluctance to remove couched lenses, 77 Removal of couched lens, 61 Results of couching, 25, 26, 27