A cataract knife of excellent shape and proportion devised a century and a half ago, by Dr. Thomas Young, of Edinburgh, and the knives which preceded it / by Alvin A. Hubbell.

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A cataract knife of excellent shape and proportion devised a century and a half ago, by Dr. Thomas Young, of Edinburgh, and the knives which preceded it / by Alvin A. Hubbell.