Category: Ophthalmology
Estimated Date: 1900
Name: Ophthalmoscope, Snells
Manufacturer: Down Bros

Description: 2.75“x 1.25” metal rectangle with circular dial for lens to view retina, rectangular mirror on one side to reflect light and the whole attached to a headband for wearing. The ophthalmoscope pivots on a ball joint. Some years ago I purchased a carton of instruments from the descendant of a Glasgow optician who had been interested in X-Rays. The carton was contaminated with radium, shown in the section of that title on this website. This ophthalmoscope was in the carton as well (Blaufox, MD, Constable AR: Antique Hazards: A Latter DAy Encounter with Radium. J. Nucl. Med.24:79’82, 1983.)

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