Ophthalmometer
name: label: maker
content: Bausch & Lomb
notes: label: Description
content: An ophthalmometer measures the curvature of the anterior surface of the cornea, and is used to assess the extent and axis of astigmatism. This example belonged to Franklin Robinson (d. 2003), a clinical professor of neurosurgery at the Yale Medical School. The inscription reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / Rochester N.Y. U.S.A. / Serial No. LH2577 / Type 71-63-40 / CSA App. No. 6749.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Bausch & Lomb, <i>Binocular Ophthalmoscope</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
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: Franklin Robinson, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0641.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0641.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0641
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ophthalmometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 cm x 17 cm x 51 cm; 20 1/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 20 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/4 in x 20 in x 8 11/16 in; 51.435 cm x 50.8 cm x 22.06625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: p7082: 35 in x 48 in x 42 in; 88.9 cm x 121.92 cm x 106.68 cm