Model of the Human Eye
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: user
content: John King, M.D.
label: maker
content: Nachet et Fils
notes: label: Description
content: Dr. Perrin’s model of the eye for practicing the use of the ophthalmoscope was associated with Maurice Perrin (1826-1889), a prominent physician in Paris. This example was made by Nachet in Paris, and sold in the United States by J. Reynders & Co. in New York.
label: Description
content: Ref: Maurice Perrin, “Sur un Oeil Artificiel Destine a Faciliter les Etudes Ophthalmoscopiques,” Gazette des Hospitaux Civils et Militaires 39 (1866): 487.
label: Description
content: Maurice Perrin, Traité Pratique d'Ophthalmoscopie et d'Optométrie (Paris, 1872).
label: Description
content: J. W. Queen & Co., Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Ophthalmological Instruments (Philadelphia, 1888), p. 37.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
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-02046
label: catalog number
content: M-02046
label: accession number
content: 83997
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Eye, Artificial
label: Object Name
content: ophthalmic instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Eye, Artificial; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; iron; paint; wood; glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 24.13 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: instrument: 9 1/2 in x 3 in x 2 1/8 in; 24.13 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.3975 cm