Liebreich opthalmoscope with accessories

Made:
1860-1900 in England
Liebreich ophthalmoscope, retinal mirror on handle

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Liebreich ophthalmoscope, retinal mirror on handle
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Liebreich ophthalmoscope, retinal mirror on handle, brass and vulcanite, six spare lenses and three phials of cocaine hydrochloride (now removed), in leather case. Unknown maker, English, 1860-1900.

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A202631
Materials:
brass, vulcanite, glass, leather, velvet and incomplete
type:
ophthalmoscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

phials; controlled drug; cocaine

phials; controlled drug; cocaine

3 glass phials with cork stoppers containing approximately 10 tabloid brand opthalmic tablets. 2 phials consist of 1/50 grain of cocaine hydrochloride, one 1/20 grain hydrochloride. 'Cocaine is the oldest local anaesthetic but because of systemic effects and the danger of causing addiction its use is now almost entirely restricted to opthalmic surgery and surgery of the ear nose and throat' (Marti...

Materials:
phial, glass
Object Number:
A202631 Pt1
type:
phials and cocaine