Needle, couching
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Ophthalmology
- DATE
- 1885–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.1016.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- Beer's eye needle; cataract needle
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- silver metal; ivory handle.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Probably used c. 1885-1925; possibly also used earlier/later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.379 D" printed by hand in white ink on handle
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Silver metal instrument has ivory handle.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Needle, couching, circa 1885–1925, Artifact no. 2002.1016, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.1016.004/
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