Ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmoscope
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- Description
- Francis A. Welch (d. 1915) was a New York physician who designed a hand-held, direct illuminating ophthalmoscope, and partnered with William Noah Allyn to make and market it. The new firm, known as Welch Allyn, was located in Auburn, N.Y.; it moved to Skaneateles in 1953.
- Ref: Francis A. Welch, “Ophthalmoscope,” U.S. Patent 1,166,287 (Dec. 28, 1915).
- William G. Allyn, Welch Allyn: An American Success Story (1996).
- This item is part of a collection of equipment and instruments from the laboratory and clinic of allergist Dr. Leslie N. Gay (1891 - 1978). Gay received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1917. In 1923 he founded an allergy clinic at the university and served as director for 36 years. He and clinic colleague Paul E. Carliner developed Dramamine (dimenhydrinate), a preventative and cure for seasickness.
- This material was donated to the Smithsonian in 1979 by Gay’s son, Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
- [SEE: Gay L. N., Carliner P. E. (1949). The prevention and treatment of motion sickness. 1. Seasickness. Science 109, 359.]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ophthalmoscope
- ophthalmoscopes
- Other Terms
- Medicine
- Associated Name
- Johns Hopkins University
- maker
- Welch Allyn, Inc.
- used
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- case: 2 1/4 in x 10 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 25.4 cm x 5.715 cm
- scope: 9 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm x 4.1275 cm
- overall: 25.5 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm; 10 1/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 31/32 in
- ID Number
- 1979.0306.18
- catalog number
- 1979.0306.18
- accession number
- 1979.0306
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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