Schematic Eye
Schematic Eye
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- Description
- James Thorington (1858-1944), a professor ophthalmology in Philadelphia, devised a schematic eye for studying retinoscopy. This is an example of that device.
- Ref: James Thorington, Retinoscopy (Philadelphia, 1898), pp. 12 and 68-69.
- James Thorington, in Journal of the American Medical Association (Jan. 5, 1895).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Eye, Schematic
- eye, schematic
- Other Terms
- Eye, Schematic; Medicine
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 2 in x 2 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 5.08 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0504.07
- accession number
- 1985.0504
- catalog number
- 1985.0504.07
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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