Liebreich opthalmoscope with accessories

Made:: 1860-1900 in England

maker:: Unknown

Liebreich opthalmoscope with accessories

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Liebreich ophthalmoscope, retinal mirror on handle, brass and vulcanite, six spare lenses and three phials of cocaine hydrochloride (now removed), in leather case. Unknown maker, English, 1860-1900.

Details

Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A202631

Materials:: brass, vulcanite, glass, leather and velvet

Measurements:: length 127 mm
diameter 37 mm
thickness 8 mm
case: width 49 mm
case: depth 27 mm

type:: ophthalmoscopes

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Parts

phials; controlled drug; cocaine

3 glass phials with cork stoppers containing approximately 10 tabloid brand opthalmic tablets. 2 phials consist of 1/50 grain of cocaine hydrochloride, one 1/20 grain hydrochloride. 'Cocaine is the oldest local anaesthetic but because of systemic effects and the danger of causing addiction its use is now almost entirely restricted to opthalmic surgery and surgery of the ear nose and throat' (Martindale, 25th ed 1967).