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Theobold’s Lachrymal Probes

Item#: MET1245

Price: $75.00

 

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Theobold’s Lachrymal Probes - click to enlarge.

A boxed set of double ended probes for tear duct surgery. These are eight sterling silver probes slightly curved with a flange in the center as a finger grasp. They range in thickness from ¼ millimeter to 4 mm in increments of a ¼. The probes come in their original fitted box marked –Set of Theobold’s Probes. Box size is 14.5 X 8 cm. Reference: The Mechanics of Surgery, By Charles Truax Chicago 1899 p. 835.