Accompanying the second text, Cure infirmitatum oculorum, in manuscript 10a 135, are diagrams of 18 instruments used to deal with disorders of the eye, organized into six groups. The instruments for cataracts resemble hollow needles. Still used today in cataract surgeries, hollow needles were first utilized for the suction of soft cataracts by physician Ammar Ibn Ali Al-Mosuli (flourished 1010).
These are the instruments for cataracts of the eyes, as is shown in the illustration.
These are the instruments for tumors and lids of the eyes, as is shown in the illustration.
These are the instruments for the film of the eyes, as is shown in the following illustration.
These are the instruments for anywhere while there is a fistula in the tear duct[?] of the eyes, as is shown in the illustration drawn below.
This is an instrument for raising the lids, as is shown in the illustration drawn below.
These are the instruments for drawing back the lids of the eyes.
