Near Point Vision-Tester
notes: label: Description
content: Eduard von Jaeger (1818-1884), a physician who served as a professor at the University of Vienna, introduced a series of optical test types in 1854. These could be used to determine the near point, the closest point at which an object can be placed and still form a focused image on the retina. This device—which consists of several Jaeger test-types wrapped around heavy wooden mount with handle—is a replica of one in the Museum of the Philadelphia Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sharp and Dohme, Division of Merck and Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06852
label: catalog number
content: M-06852
label: accession number
content: 209699
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chart, ophthalmological
label: Object Name
content: chart, ophthalmological
label: Other Terms
content: Chart, Opthalmological; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 112 7/8 in; 6.985 cm x 286.7025 cm