Four cataract knives with wooden handles
Four cataract knives with wooden handles
Ophthalmic instrument set by Savigny
- maker:
- Savigny and Company
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Ophthalmic instrument set by Savigny, cased, English, first half of 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Ophthalmology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A116572
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, fishskin and covered
- Measurements:
-
case: length 197 mm
case: width 182 mm
case: height 37 mm
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Cataract knife with wooden handle
Cataract knife with wooden handle, by Weiss, English
Cataract knife with ivory handle
Cataract knife with ivory handle, by Arnold, English
Cataract needle with wooden handle
Cataract needle with wooden handle
Iridectomy knife with wooden handle
Iridectomy knife with wooden handle
Blade of cataract needle
Blade of cataract needle
- Measurements:
-
length 39 mm
width 4 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A116572 Pt10
- type:
- cataract needles
