Ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmoscope
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- Description
- In 1851, Hermann von Helmholtz, a German professor of physiology, devised an ophthalmoscope for examining the interior of an eye. This item is an example of the modification of that instrument that Richard Liebreich (1830-1917), a German ophthalmologist, developed soon thereafter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Ophthalmoscope
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- rubber, hard(?) (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 4.2 cm x 12.5 cm; 9/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 4 15/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.314016.229
- accession number
- 314016
- catalog number
- 314016.229
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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