M0011533: Fick's Opthalmotonometer

Date:: 1950

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/102/58

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011468-M0011583WT/D/1/20/1/102
        M0011533: Fick's OpthalmotonometerWT/D/1/20/1/102/58

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Fick's Opthalmotonometer

Description

Fick's Opthalmotonometer, first described by Rudolf Armin Fick in 1888, an instrument for determing the tension of the eyeball in cases of glaucoma. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem in 1920 and given the accession number A71676. It is now held by the Science Musem (object number A71676).

Publication/Creation

1950

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item (accession number A71676 image 453)

Copyright note

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.