Object Details
- Description
- Ramon Castroviejo (1905-1987) was an ophthalmologist from Spain who attended medical school at the University of Madrid and spent most of his career in New York City, and who developed techniques for transplanting corneal tissue from people who had recently died into damaged eyes of living patients. The Storz instrument firm made several instruments to his designs.
- Ref: “Ramon Castroviejo, 82, Developer of Cornea Transplant Procedures,” New York Times (Jan. 5, 1987), p. B4.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Storz Instrument Company
- Credit Line
- Storz Instrument Company, thru Dr. Ramon Castroviejo
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- instrument: 1/2 in x 6 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 15.24 cm x 1.905 cm
- box: 7/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 20.6375 cm x 2.8575 cm
- overall: 7/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 20.6375 cm x 2.8575 cm
- Object Name
- spatula
- spoon
- surgical instrument
- spoon, ophthalmic
- Other Terms
- Surgery
