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Description: | Opthalmic instruments. Mauve leather case lined with blue velvet containing set of seven ivory handled opthalmic instruments, and two metal instruments within a flap in the lid section. Instruments consist of two with very fine slightly curved needle-like points for probing, another with point bent over a double ended instrument, blunt flattened end, another with blade tapering to point and two bladed cutting instruments, one spear-shaped, the other double-edged. One coiled and one double-ended metal instrument, ribbed both sides, fish-tail like ends, both contained inside lid. Belonged to Surgeon W.J. Gruggen RN fl.1841-1852.
Inscription. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Maw | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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