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Object Name |
May's Electric Ophthalmoscope Head |
Object ID |
2004.014.01.01 |
Date |
C1915 |
Description |
Circular metal head with rotating numbered disks of lenses. Handle holds batteries. Head attached by twist screw. On/off switch at top of handle. 2004.014.01.02 Ophthalmoscope Handle |
Dimension Details |
2004.014.01.01: 7.5x4x1.5 2004.014.01.02: 14x1.5x1.5 |
Materials |
Metal/Glass/Paint |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer Label: 2004.014.01.01 Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA; 2004.014.01.02 Wappler E. Co., USA |
Inscription Type |
Other Markings |
Inscription Text |
W.L. Hughes engraved on handle |
People |
Hughes, W. L. |
Owned By |
Hughes, W.L. |
Provenance |
The name W. L. Hughes is engraved on the handle. In the early 1920s, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, began accepting medical artifacts for a historical museum. It remained an unofficial collection until it was turned into the Medical Museum and Archives at University Hospital in the 1970s. In the 1990s, many of these artifacts were spread out among various local institutions, and the remaining objects were reorganized into the Medical Artifact Collection at the University of Western Ontario, catalogued and organized by Michelle Hamilton. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Diagnosis Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Ophthalmology Ophthalmoscopy / Instrumentation |
Classification |
Eyes Vision Ophthalmology Diagnosis, Eyes |
Related Publications |
P2004-014 |