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Artifact Name	Retinoscope
Type of Object	Retinoscope
Date of Manufacture	1860-1870
Time Period	Nineteenth century
Dimensions	2.4 cm. x 13.5 cm. x 7.2 cm.
Physical Details	Retinoscope with a separate magnifying lens, all in a wooden case with a leather covering. Scope comes in two parts. An ebony handle screws into a round brass ring, which holds a round mirror on one side and a black metal disc on the other. The mirror and disc both have a small opening in the center for a single opening through the middle of the mirror/disc interface. The magnifying lens is a small round lens with a round, fenestrated handle. Wooden case has significant damage to leather covering, which has the appearance of insect damage.
Medical Subject	Retinoscopy; Retinoscopes
Accession Number	1986.116
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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