Antique eye surgery training tool
These are Opthalmophantomes, antique surgical training tools from the early 20th century. Animal eyeballs were clamped into the eye sockets so that budding ophthalmologists could practice their, er, chops. (via Cult of Weird and Live Auctioneers)
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