Perimeter
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1940
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
label: maker
content: C. H. Stoelting Company
notes: label: Description
content: Perimeters are used to examine retinas. Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger (1830-1905), a German ophthalmologist, introduced a hand-held model in 1889. An inscription on this example of that instrument reads "C. H. STOELTING CO / CHICAGO ILL." Stoelting boasted that this form was used by “the United States Surgeon General’s office and in many of the Psychological Laboratories of educational institutions for experimental work.”
label: Description
content: Ref: C. H. Stoelting Co., <i>Psychological and Physiological Apparatus and Supplies</i> (Chicago, 1930), p. 19.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cornell University Department of Psychology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300427.030
label: catalog number
content: 300427.030
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Perimeter
label: Other Terms
content: Perimeter; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.1 cm x 32.1 cm x 19 cm; 2 in x 12 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in