Amblyscope
name: label: maker
content: Queen and Company
notes: label: Description
content: An amblyscope is used for orthoptic treatment of binocular vision disorders. The first example was designed by Claud Alley Worth (1869-1936), a London-based ophthalmologist, and made by A. W. Hawes, in London, in 1895. A vertical adjustment was added in 1906. The “QUEEN & CO.” inscription on this example refers to an important instrument house in Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: associated subject
content: Orthoptics
label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302437.14.01
label: collector/donor number
content: 2
label: catalog number
content: 302437.14.01
label: accession number
content: 302437
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amblyoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Amblyoscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 17 cm x 17 cm; 2 3/4 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 11/16 in