1946-2-1 - Case of eye instruments

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In Folder: MIMM - Medical Instruments and Materia Medica

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1946-2-1 - Case of eye instruments

Small rectangular case containing 4 ophthalmic surgical instruments, and 1 tweezers. Instruments are held in place by screwed-in metal, allowing for each instrument to be separately stored. The handles are made of thin ivory, whereby the metal heads are slotted about 20mm into the handle. The tweezers is not held in place and is loosely fitted into the box. The inner box itself is lined with red fabric. There is no apparent manufacturer mark.

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Reference Number: MIMM/1946-2-1

Date: 1850-1899

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Copyright: Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Credit Line: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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