Yikes! Eye Tools of Ages Past
A look into the past reveals some familiar fixtures of the ophthalmic practice.
Yikes! Eye Tools of Ages Past
Opthalmoscope
ca. 1885
Invented by German doctor Herman Helmholtz, the ophthalmoscope uses a narrow beam of light to view a patient's retina and determine far- and near-sightedness. It also aided diagnoses by allowing a physician to view the patient's nervous and circulatory systems.
From the Abraham Pollen Archives, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
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