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Harvey E. Thorpe, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1944;32(6):497.

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Wooden splinters and thorns wedged into the cornea are extremely difficult of removal with the usual spud. Moreover, deeply penetrating splinters and pieces of metal, such as brass lying between corneal lamellas, present additional difficulties. A modification of a fine watchmaker's tweezers proved especially helpful in removal of such splinters of wood, thorn or brass.

As the figure shows, the sharply pointed tweezer blades have several parallel grooves filed on their opposing inner surfaces. These grooves slant backward, so that backward pointing steel ridges give a viselike hold on the object grasped whether it is smooth or rough. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Pittsburgh

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Ophthalmology at the Ninety-Fourth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Chicago, June 15, 1944.

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