Sunday, 19 July 2015

A German doctor and nurse using an electromagnet to remove iron splinters in the eye of a wounded soldier.


A German doctor and nurse using an electromagnet to remove iron splinters in the eye of a wounded soldier.

Photo shared under IWM Non Commercial Licence.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205305072

#history   #WWI   #medicine
at

2 comments:

  1. Sam Collett19 July 2015 at 23:19

    Do you still use magnets these days in some surgical procedures?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jared Ribic20 July 2015 at 00:12

    They still use eye magnets today!

    ReplyDelete