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Actions	Set of couching instruments in wooden framed box Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.K.1.6 TitleSet of couching instruments in wooden framed box DescriptionSet of Indian couching instruments in wooden framed box. Three metal instruments, one of which is certainly for making incisions in the eye. The catalogue description states that one is a lancet and the other a cautery for expression of cataracts.These are thought to have been brough to the college from India. They consist of a lancet, cautery and an unidentified metal item shaped like a T bar. Was listed as GC.2469. Production placeINDIA Production date 1857 Production periodNineteenth century Object nameCouching instruments Object categoryOPHTHALMOLOGY Dimensions Height: 15 cm Width: 22 cm Depth: 6 cm

Object numberHC.K.1.6

TitleSet of couching instruments in wooden framed box

DescriptionSet of Indian couching instruments in wooden framed box. Three metal instruments, one of which is certainly for making incisions in the eye. The catalogue description states that one is a lancet and the other a cautery for expression of cataracts.These are thought to have been brough to the college from India. They consist of a lancet, cautery and an unidentified metal item shaped like a T bar. Was listed as GC.2469.

Production placeINDIA

Production date 1857

Production periodNineteenth century

Object nameCouching instruments

Object categoryOPHTHALMOLOGY

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