Object Details
- Description
- Charles Louis Schepens (1912-2006) was a Belgian ophthalmologist who moved to the United States in 1947 and established the Retina Foundation (now the Schepens Eye Research Foundation) in 1950. This is the prototype indirect ophthalmoscope that Dr. Schepens developed, ca. 1945.
- Ref: “World War II Hero Charles Schepens,” The Washington Post (April 10, 2006), p. B5.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated dates
- 1912 03 13 / 1912 03 13
- Credit Line
- Dr. Charles Schepens
- Physical Description
- metal, aluminum (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- green (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 cm x 13.2 cm x 20.6 cm; 10 5/8 in x 5 3/16 in x 8 1/8 in
- overall, as stored: 7 in x 11 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm
- Object Name
- Ophthalmoscope
- Other Terms
- Ophthalmoscope; Ophthalmoscopy
