M0018844: Ophthalmoscope designed by Richard Liebreich, c.1860

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Ophthalmoscope designed by Richard Liebreich circa 1860.

Photograph of an ophthalmoscope of the type designed by Richard Liebreich c.1860. The principal features of the Instrument are a concave speculum of metal and a hinged lens carrier. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1914 and accessioned in 1950 (accession number R47/1950)

November 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R47/1950

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2022.

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