Erisiphake Set
name: label: maker
content: Mueller, V.
notes: label: Description
content: An erisphake is a small suction instrument designed for removing cataracts. A brass-plated label on the lid of this wooden box reads "Surgical Equipment V. MUELLER & CO. Chicago." A paper label inside reads "DIRECTIONS Dr. Theodore J. Dimitry Vacuum Grasping Apparatus FOR REMOVAL OF CATARACT IN CAPSULE. . ." Theodore John Dimitry (1879-1945) was a professor of ophthalmology at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
label: Description
content: Ref: Theodore J. Dimitry, “A Vacuum Grasping Instrument for Removal of Cataract in Capsule,” Archives of Ophthalmology 9 (1933): 261-263.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0286.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0286.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: erisiphake set
label: Object Name
content: syringe set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.255 cm