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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CATARACT HOOK
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116243
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CATARACT HOOK
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 1.9
- Length
- 16.1
- Width
- 2.3
- Description
- 1. CASE: RECTANGULAR CLEAR PLASTIC CASE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND EDGES. TOP COVER COMES FREE AND HAS "WEISS-LONDON" EMBOSSED ON IT IN RED. CASE HAS YELLOW DRIED TAPE GLUE AROUND MIDDLE. 2. CATARACT HOOK: 14.3 X 0.5 X 0.4CM STAINLESS STEEL INSTRUMENT WITH TWO HOOKED NEEDLES AT END. HANDLE IS TAPERED TOWARDS END AND HAS BEVELED EDGES. STAMPED INTO HANDLE IS "STAINLESS STEEL", "WEISS LONDON" AND "MADE IN ENGLAND". END OF TOOL HAS SINGLE SHAFT WHICH SPLITS INTO "Y". EACH ARM OF "Y" HAS SHAFT NEEDLE WITH CURVED TIP.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- CATARACT HOOK WAS USED BY DR. LEONG AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL. HOOK WAS REMOVED FROM HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116243
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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