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- OBJECT TYPE
- ophthalmic
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0869.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PILLING, GEORGE P. & SON
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 41
- AKA
- ophthalmoscope (.1)
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- OPHTHALMOSCOPE: METAL, CHROME, SYNTHETIC, GLASS/ PT. CASE, WOOD, LEATHERETTE LINING INSIDE LID, METAL HINGES & LOCK, INSTRUMENT RACK METAL; INSTRUMENT TRAY LEATHERETTE COVERED, CHROME PLATED KNOBS; CANVAS POUCH. PT. CASE SEE SUPP.INF
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.5 cm
- Width
- 19.7 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PILLING
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1920
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF EYE INSTRUMENTS USED IN CANADA C1920-1930'S.SOME WERE USED BY A JACK WALL WHO WORKED IN THE ARCTIC FOR DEPT. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (now referred to as Crown-Indigenous and Northern Relations Canada and Indigenous Services Canada) "MANY YEARS" AGO. HIS EXPERTISE WAS IN "TRACHOMA" OR INFECTIONS OF THE EYE. THE ROLLER FORCEPS.3 ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR TRACHOMA (REF.2). - Function
-
A KIT CONTAINING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS USED BY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS FOR THE EXAMINATION, DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF THE EYE, INCLUDING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE REFLECTING OPHTHALMOSCOPE IS AN INSTRUMENT MADE UP OF LENSES AND PRODUCING A BEAM OF LIGHT BY MEANS OF WHICH THE RETINA OF THE EYE CAN BE SEEN. A VALUABLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. (REF. 1, PG.1014, REF.2, REF. 3 PG. 1161). - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF EYE-SPECIALISTS TOOLS AVAILABLE C.1920. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- OPHTHALMOSCOPE: ETCHED ON TOP 'THE J.E. LIMEBURNER CO./ [CO.LOGO]/ PHILA.'; ETCHED ON SURFACE UNDER MOVEABLE PTS., NUMBERS IN WHITE & RED/ PT. CASE, PRINTED IN GOLD ON INSIDE OF LID, "EYE CASE/ PAR. 914 M.M.D. 1917/ G.P. PILLING & SON Co./ PHILADELPHIA/ CONTRACT DATED APRIL 29TH 1918"/ ETCHED ON INSIDE OF METAL INSTRUMENT RACK, "PILLING PHILA".
- Missing
- SOME INSTRUMENTS, TOOLS SUCH AS SCISSORS & FORCEPS
- Finish
- OPHTHALMOSCOPE: TOP OF INSTRUMENT METAL PAINTED BLACK, HANDLE, BLACK SYNTHETIC, BAND JOINING HANDLE CHROME FINISH/ PT. CASE, WOOD STAINED BROWN, VARNISHED; METAL LOCK, HINGES & INSTRUMENT RACK SILVER-COLOURED; LEATHERETTE LINING INSIDE LID & INSTRUMENT TRAY, STAINED BLACK, KNOBS CHROME-FINISH; LETTERING ON INSIDE OF LID GOLD; CANVAS POUCH KHAKI-COLOURED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PILLING, GEORGE P. & SON, Medical kit, 1918, Artifact no. 1995.0869, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0869.001/
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