150 Years Since Babbage's Ophthalmoscope

doi:10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160626017

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Vol. 115 No. 11, November 1997

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150 Years Since Babbage's Ophthalmoscope

C. Richard Keeler

Arch Ophthalmol. 1997;115(11):1456-1457.

Abstract

T he discovery of the ophthalmoscope in 1851 is rightly attributedto Hermann von Helmholtz. However, 4 years earlier, in 1847,Charles Babbage nearly invented the instrument that was to revolutionizeophthalmological examination so dramatically.

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From Keeler Ltd, Windsor, England.

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