Ophthalmometer

ca. after 1899

Manufacturer: F.A. Hardy & Co., Chicago, Illinois, USA

Artifact no.: 1983.0001

 

Used by Dr. Benjamin Waserman, a general practitioner in the Ottawa area, this ophthalmometer was used to measure the curvature of the eye’s cornea to diagnose and measure astigmatism.

 

Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation

Photo credit: CSTMC

 

 

 

 

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