Corneal Scissors
notes: label: Description
content: This type of corneal scissors was associated with Ramon Castroveijo (1904-1987), an eye surgeon from Spain, who spent most of his working life in the United States, and who was known particularly for his work with corneal transplants. These belonged to Milton Elliott Randolph (1905-1992), an ophthalmologist who taught at the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore. They were made by V. Mueller in Chicago.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Ramon Castroviejo, 82, Developer Of Cornea Transplant Procedures,” New York Times (Jan. 5, 1897), p. B4.
label: Description
content: “Dr. M. Elliott Randolph, Ophthalmologist at Hopkins,” Baltimore Sun (Feb. 21, 1992).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Spanish
label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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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: 1984.0820.03
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0820.03
label: accession number
content: 1984.0820
objectType: label: Object Name
content: corneal scissors
label: Object Name
content: scissors, ophthalmic
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 9/16 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 9.04875 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.905 cm