Desmarres Lid Retractor
notes: label: Description
content: Desmarres’ lid retractor was associated with Louis-Auguste Desmarres (1810-1882), a prominent professor of ophthalmologic surgery in Paris. The form was known by the 1860s. This example has an ivory handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marion Huber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12798.01
label: accession number
content: 315330
label: catalog number
content: M-12798.01
label: catalog number
content: M-12798A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Retractor
label: Object Name
content: retractor
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Retractor; Grasping and Fixating Instruments; Ophthalmic; Lid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 1.4 cm x 15.5 cm; 9/16 in x 9/16 in x 6 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.5575 cm x 1.27 cm