Ernst J. Meyer
                             174 School Street.
                        Belmont, Massachusetts 02178
        
                                617-868-4666
                                617-489-1043

        
        
        February 26, 1996
        
        
        Chester Boulris, M.D.
        10 Hawthorne Place
        Boston, Mass. 02114
        
        Dear Chester,
        
             Enclosed are the preoperative physical exam, lab
        report, EKG, and the signed operative permit.
        
             I am grateful to you for your concern for me and I an
        grateful to you also for your advice concerning IOL
        implantation.  It is all the more embarrassing to me to have
        decided not to have an IOL implanted, but to wear a contact
        lenss as long as I am able.  If you were to ask me, I would
        tell you why.
        
             As you can imagine, I have been thinking about
        operative details, the size of the wound, the use of
        phacoemulsification, a possible iridectomy.  I conclude that
        I want to leave all these matters to your discretion.  As
        you know, the amount of post-operative astigmatism is of no
        concern to me.
        
             I want to thank you again for letting me "assist" at
        your recent cases, and for your willingness to help me.  I
        will try hard to be a good patient.