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Object Name |
Electric Ophthalmoscope Head |
Object ID |
2004.012.01.01 |
Date |
/ / |
Earliest Year |
1936 |
Latest Year |
1936 |
Description |
2004.012.01.01: Flat circular disk with rotating numbered lenses. Handle holds batteries. metal tubes attaches to handle. 2004.012.01.02: hollow tube for batteries.bottom inscribed D36326. handle cross-latched metal 2004.012.01.02 Electric Opthalmoscope Handle |
Dimension Details |
2004.012.01.01: 1.5x9x4, 2004.012.01.02: 14x3.5x3.5 |
Materials |
Metal/Glass/Paint |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer Label: Welch Allyn Co., Auburn, New York USA |
Inscription Type |
Other Markings |
Inscription Text |
Bottom of handle inscribed D36326. |
Patent Information |
No. 2027663 (Patent number from 1936). Click to view patent. |
Owned By |
Vine, Dr. |
Provenance |
Labelled as belonging to a Dr. Vine. 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 Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological Ophthalmology Ophthalmoscopy / Instrumentation |
Classification |
Eyes Ophthalmology Vision Diagnosis, Eyes |
Related Publications |
P2004-012 |