Ivory Photograph - Scalpels For Eye Surgery by Science Photo Library

Scalpels For Eye Surgery is a photograph by Science Photo Library which was uploaded on July 28th, 2016.

Scalpels For Eye Surgery

Complete set of ivory handled scalpels for eye surgery dating from 1860, England. The nineteenth century was an era of great progress in eye surgery,... more

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Title

Scalpels For Eye Surgery

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Complete set of ivory handled scalpels for eye surgery dating from 1860, England. The nineteenth century was an era of great progress in eye surgery, it saw the first operative treatment of glaucoma (a condition affecting the pressure within the eye which can lead to blindness) and the introduction of cocaine as a local anaesthetic for ophthalmic procedures.

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July 28th, 2016