Glass contact lenses, 20th century
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- Artifact-box 196, Item hander0005
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Cornealschalen fur Lichtkoagulator. Ten glass lenses in wooden case.
Contact lenses were delivered with Duke Medical Center's first light coagulator (1950s?). Doris Duke donated the money for it. The machine was invented by Gerd Meyer Schwickernath.
- Acquisition information:
- Received from: W. Banks Anderson, Jr., MD
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