Gonioscope Prism
notes: label: Description
content: A gonioscope prism (or lens) is designed for viewing the iridocorneal angle, or the angle between the cornea and iris of an eye. The results are important in diagnosing and monitoring eye conditions associated with glaucoma. The “ALLEN GONIOSCOPE PRISM” inscription on the box of this example refers to Lee Allen (1910-2006), an ocularist, illustrator, and inventor.
label: Description
content: Ref: Lee Allen and C. S. O’Brien, “Gonioscopy Simplified By a Contact Prism,” <i>Archives of Ophthalmology</i> 34 (1945): 413-414.
label: Description
content: Lee Allen, Alson E. Braley, and Harvey E. Thorpe, “An Improved Gonioscopic Contact Prism,” <i>Archives of Ophthalmology</i> 51 (1954): 451-455.
label: Description
content: Bausch & Lomb, <i>Opthalmic Reference Book</i> (1947), p. 181.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Don Elliot Schwartz, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0978.18
label: accession number
content: 1981.0978
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0978.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Prism, Gonioscope
label: Other Terms
content: Prism, Gonioscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 9.2075 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 in; 3.81 cm x 9.2075 cm x 7.62 cm