Accession No

3124

Brief Description

ophthalmoscope, by C. Davis-Keeler, English, 1927 (c)

Origin

England; London; 7 Wigmore Street

Maker

Davis-Keeler, C.

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1927

Latest Date

1927

Inscription Date

Material

hide (leather); ivory; cloth (silk); metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

case length 163mm; breadth 75mm; thickness 36mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Loan changed to donation from 07/10/2008. On loan from daughter of previous owner to museum from 1984 to 07/10/2008. Privately owned by a general surgeon in Lowestoft hospital, dates unknown.

Inscription

‘C. Davis-keeler
7 WIGMORE ST. LONDON
MAY MORTON OPTHALMOSCOPE’ (box and instrument)
‘J.C. LEADHAM GREEN
DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY
Oxford
1927-28’ ()

Description Notes

Leather-covered box lined with purple silk; tube for batteries with ivory on/off handle; clamp for bar on instrument; brass knurled screw rotates 2 discs, one with a variet of lenses marked ‘5-20+’ and ‘30/0-’; the other divided 0-5-20+ and 1.5-12+; the former in white, latter in red.

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