Ophthalmic Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1833-1842
name: label: maker
content: Charriere, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Set of ophthalmic instruments with ivory handles. A label in the lid of the case reads "FABT D'INSTS DE CHIRURGIE / CHERRIERE / 9. Rue de I'Ecole de Medecine." Joseph-Frederic-Benoit Charriere (1803-1876) was a Swiss born surgical instrument maker with a shop in Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10834
label: accession number
content: 254859
label: catalog number
content: M-10834
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgical Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; Surgical Set; Ophthalmic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal. steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, silk moire (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 17.2 cm x 6.9 cm; 1 3/16 in x 6 3/4 in x 2 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 7 in x 3 in; 3.175 cm x 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm