Ophthalmoscope
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 that Richard Liebreich (1830-1917), a German ophthalmologist, developed soon thereafter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.314016.229
label: accession number
content: 314016
label: catalog number
content: 314016.229
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ophthalmoscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber, hard(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 4.2 cm x 12.5 cm; 9/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 4 15/16 in