M0001243: Iridectomy knives. 1929, compared with ancient Hindu

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Iridectomy 1929 knives compared with ancient Hindu

Reproduction of a photograph of two iridectomy knives annotated "1929" and "Ancient Hindu" underneath each knife for comparison.

19 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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