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Artifact Name	Cataract Surgical Kit
Type of Object	Set, ophthalmic
Manufacturer	Reiner
Place of Manufacture	Vienna (Austria)
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	2 cm. x 10 cm. x 7 cm.
Physical Details	Nickel plated box containing a complete set of 25 assorted cutting units for use in or with double ended universal handle, maintained in position by metal unit fitting slots with sliding metal bar. Cutting instruments include several sizes of lens spoons, cystotomes, keratomes, and lens tractors. Universal handle has an angled and a straight end, and cutting units are held in place by a thumb screw. Bottom exterior of case is stamped "Reiner Wien" handle is stamped "Reiner." Container clasp detached.
Medical Subject	Cataract Extraction -- instrumentation
Accession Number	1983.37
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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