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Actions	Case containing Graefe knife Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2017.116.6 TitleCase containing Graefe knife Creator Ltd John Weiss & Son DescriptionLeather case containig one Graefe knife, used to make corneal incisions in cataract surgery. The date when it was last sharpened was 09/10/1957. The use of the Von Graefe knives demonstrates the high skill of the surgeon in performing von Graefe incisions. The case belonged to Dr Garrow (1876-1966). Dr Alexander Garrow was a senior ophthalmologist born in Morayshire, and he devoted his long life to the practice of medicine. Dr. Garrow worked at his profession for 67 years and he graduated at Glasgow University in 1898 at the age of 22. As a very young graduate he moved to South Africa with a medical unit led by the late Colonel Donald MacIntosh, Medical Superintendent of the Western Infirmary. When the WWI began, he joined the South African Medical Corps, moving to Cape Town. In 1923 he would be back in Glasgow and took over Dr A Maitland Ramsay as consultant in ophthalmology, establishing at 15 Woodside Place, Glasgow. EYE.1999.617 Production placeLondon Production date 1890 - 1940 Object nameKnife Object categoryINSTRUMENT MaterialLeather, Velvet, Metal Dimensions Height: 2.5 cm Width: 16.5 cm Depth: 3.5 cm

Object numberED.CS.2017.116.6

TitleCase containing Graefe knife

DescriptionLeather case containig one Graefe knife, used to make corneal incisions in cataract surgery. The date when it was last sharpened was 09/10/1957. The use of the Von Graefe knives demonstrates the high skill of the surgeon in performing von Graefe incisions. The case belonged to Dr Garrow (1876-1966). Dr Alexander Garrow was a senior ophthalmologist born in Morayshire, and he devoted his long life to the practice of medicine. Dr. Garrow worked at his profession for 67 years and he graduated at Glasgow University in 1898 at the age of 22. As a very young graduate he moved to South Africa with a medical unit led by the late Colonel Donald MacIntosh, Medical Superintendent of the Western Infirmary. When the WWI began, he joined the South African Medical Corps, moving to Cape Town. In 1923 he would be back in Glasgow and took over Dr A Maitland Ramsay as consultant in ophthalmology, establishing at 15 Woodside Place, Glasgow. EYE.1999.617

Production placeLondon

Production date 1890 - 1940

Object nameKnife

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MaterialLeather, Velvet, Metal

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