Reconstruction: Medical Needles for couching the Cataract

[Martin Moser]

Hi,

I would have liked to present my latest two reconstructions of Roman medical equipment, but just found that you can't upload pics here. They are medical needles used for couching the cataract, as described in Celsus et al. One is massive, the other made up of two parts, forming a syringe style needle when the inner part is removed and was possibly used for removing the lense by suction.

Unfortunately I do not have a homepage or something the like available for putting up the pictures, but will be happy to send them per email to anyone interested.

See e.g. www.sbv-fsa.ch/infopool/weg/wegarchiv/2005/200502_09.html for the originals.

Both originally come from a find in Montbellet, France, and are part of a set of five.

Literature: Michel Feugere, Ernst Künzl, Ursula Weisser. Les Aiguilles a Cataracte de Montbellet - Die Starnadeln von Montbellet

cheers,

Martin