Medical Museum: Ophthalmic Surgical Set
Each month, we visit Dr. Blaufox’s Museum of Historical Medical Artifacts to take a look back at the medical equipment that cleared the way for what patients encounter in doctors’ offices and operating rooms of today. Some equipment may be recognizable, while other featured inventions have since become obsolete or have had their usefulness discredited.
The picture and description appear courtesy of Dr. M. Donald Blaufox, M.D., Ph.D., from his website: www.mohma.org.
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Estimated Date: 1890
Manufacturer: John Weiss and Son
Description: This set is housed in a red velvet-lined mahogany case measuring 12 5/8“x 8.25“x 3.25” with two wooden lift-out drawers in the base. The top tray contains 22 ivory-handled ophthalmic tools plus forceps, second tray 33 ivory-handled tools, base has sharpener, silver duct probes in wooden case, gold lid retractors, 12 assorted scissors and forceps and suture material, six pieces missing. All pieces are signed Weiss.
The use of ivory made the surgical tools aesthetically appealing but impossible to sterilize. As soon as concepts of sterilization were widely accepted, they were replaced by chrome plating or stainless steel. The instruments themselves, are not greatly different in form and use from a modern day surgery.
