Authors

Sklar

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Type of Object

Probe, lacrimal

Date of Manufacture

1910-1950

Physical Details

Sterling silver lachrymal duct probe with two ends of varying thickness. Thinner end is size 1, thicker size 2, with each probe being of equal link and an inwardly curved metal plate with double overlapping pear shapes in the middle connecting the two and labeling probe size.

Dimensions

0.1 cm. x 14.7 cm. x 1 cm.

Medical Subject

Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation; Dacryocystorhinostomy -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1983.51b

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Bowman's Lachrymal Duct Probe, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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