Chromatophotometer
notes: label: Description
content: This device was designed for detecting color blindness. An inscription on the instrument reads “Chromatophotoptometre / de M.M. Colardeau Tzarn & Dr. Chibret.” That in the lid of the case reads “EXPOSITIONS UNIVERSELLES MÉDAILLES D’OR / MON. P. ROULOT / GIROUX SUCCr / OPTICIEN CONSTRUCTEUR / PARIS / 58. QUAI DES ORFEVRES. 58. / PRÈS LE PONT NEUF.” Paul Chibret was an ophthalmologist at Clermont-Ferrand. P. Roulot; Giroux, his successor, won gold medals at international expositions of 1878 and 1899.
label: Description
content: Ref: H. Truc, E. Valude, and H. Frenkel, <i>Nouveaux Éléments d’Ophthalmologie</i> (Paris, 1908).
label: Description
content: M. Tscherning, <i>Physiologic Optics</i> (Philadelphia, 1900), pp. 271-272.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: College of Physicians of Philadelphia. College Collections
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07437
label: catalog number
content: M-07437
label: accession number
content: 220170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromatophotoptometre
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, glass, silver plate; iron; leather; wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 22.225 cm x 9.525 cm