Ophthalmoscope
name: label: maker
content: Cretes Opticien
notes: label: Description
content: In 1851, Hermann von Helmholtz, a German professor of physiology, devised an ophthalmoscope for examining the interior of an eye. Various modifications soon appeared. An inscription inside the case of this example reads “66 RUE DE RENNES 66 / CRÉTÈS / OPTICIEN / PARIS.” That on the outside of the case reads “OPTHALMOSCOPE LANDOLT / DR. R. A. MARMION, U.S.N.” Edmond Landolt (1846-1926) served as director of the Ophthalmological Laboratory at the Sorbonne. Robert A. Marmion taught ophthalmology at the U.S. Naval Medical School.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edmond Landolt, <i>The Refraction and Accommodation of the Eye</i> (Edinburgh, 1886), p. 257.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, 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: Dr. J. Staiman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07042
label: catalog number
content: M-07042
label: accession number
content: 216897
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ophthalmoscopes
label: Object Name
content: ophthalmoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.715 cm