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Demonstration Ophthalmoscope and Case, c.1860

Inventory Number 66757


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.66757

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Other inscriptions
Paper label inside case 'Leibreich's Ophthalmoscope Case, Middle XIX Cent.'. Paper label on case 'Lot 259'.
Object type
Ophthalmoscope
Dimensions
Height: 43mm Width: 243mm Depth: 114mm Weight: 738g
Inventory No
66757

Description

Brown painted wooden fitted case lined with blue felt containing eleven illustrations of the fundus oculi, showing abnormal ocular conditions, the illustrations are stored in individual copper alloy dishes which slot into the case fittings. The case also contains a demonstration ophthalmoscope comprising a weighted base with a stalk topped with a copper alloy container opposite a lens, the illustrations can be inserted into this to simulate the appearance of an eye under examination. The case also contains three different lenses, one fitted into the container.