Desmarres Knife
notes: label: Description
content: Desmarres knife for ophthalmic surgery, with an ivory handle and a "Kolbe" inscription. Louis-Auguste Desmarres (1810–1882) was a French ophthalmologist and author of Traité théorique et pratique des maladies des yeux (1847).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated 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.314016.220P
label: catalog number
content: 314016.220P
label: accession number
content: 314016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, eye
label: Object Name
content: knife, cornea
label: Object Name
content: knife, ophthalmic
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 1/4 in x 3/16 in; 13.97 cm x .635 cm x .47625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 13.6525 cm x .635 cm