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Actions	Case containing four keratomes Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2017.116.10 TitleCase containing four keratomes Creator Ltd John Weiss & Son DescriptionLeather case containig four keratomes, used in eye surgery for making incisions in the cornea. 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.1999.610 Production placeLondon Production date 1890 - 1940 Object nameKeratome Object categoryINSTRUMENT MaterialLeather, Velvet, Metal, Ivory Dimensions Height: 2.5 cm Width: 16.5 cm Depth: 5 cm

Object numberED.CS.2017.116.10

TitleCase containing four keratomes

DescriptionLeather case containig four keratomes, used in eye surgery for making incisions in the cornea. 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.1999.610

Production placeLondon

Production date 1890 - 1940

Object nameKeratome

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MaterialLeather, Velvet, Metal, Ivory

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