Ophthalmoscope
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1864
name: label: user
content: John King, M.D.
label: maker
content: Otto & Reynders
notes: label: Description
content: In 1851, Hermann von Helmholtz, a German professor of physiology, devised an ophthalmoscope for examining the interior of an eye. This item is an example of the modification of that instrument developed by Richard Liebreich (1830-1917), a German ophthalmologist. An inscription in the lid of the box reads “OTTO & REYNDERS / SURGL. INSTS. / TRUSSES / 58 CHATHAM ST. N.Y.” Ferdinand Otto and John Reynders (fl. 1860-1875) made and sold surgical and medical instruments. In 1864 they moved from 58 Chatham St. to 64 Chatham St.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Wm. M. Mundy (through John Uri Lloyd)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02045
label: catalog number
content: M-02045
label: accession number
content: 83997
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ophthalmoscope
label: Object Name
content: ophthalmoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Ophthalmoscope; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 18.7325 cm x 6.35 cm