Giant magnet used to pull steel splinters from eye

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From a 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix — a giant magnet used to "remove steel cinders from patients's eyes." I wonder if you could use a neodymium magnet to do the same thing?

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Previously on Boing Boing:

Implanting a magnet in your fingertip adds a sixth sense

Black, magnetic silly putty

Dangerously strong magnets

Anti magnetic ribbon site