FIG. 2.

Comparison of composites of hematoxylin and eosin–stained corneas plus and minus vesicants. (A) Sections of a cornea freshly dissected from a rabbit eye; (B) a composite of a corneal culture equilibrated at 37°C overnight and then incubated 24 h at 37°C as an unexposed control; (C) sections from a corneal culture exposed to CEES for 2 h and then incubated 24 h before analysis; (D) a composite of a culture exposed to NM for 2 h and then incubated for 24 h; (E) a composite of sections from a rabbit eye at 24 h after exposure to SM in vivo. CEES, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide; NM, nitrogen mustard; SM, sulfur mustard. The arrow in 2C indicates a focal area of epithelial detachment.