average spatial: 14.5 cm x 5.7 cm x 6.4 cm; 5 11/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in
overall: 5 1/8 in x 3 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.0175 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.35 cm
Object Name:
Schematic Eye
eye, schematic
Other Terms:
Schematic Eye; Teaching Materials
Date made:
ca. 1900
Date made:
ca 1920
Description:
The “SCHEMATIC EYE / DESIGNED BY / W. A. FISHER, M.D.” label on the base of this item refers to William A. Fisher (1860-1944), Professor of Ophthalmology and President of the Chicago Eye, Ear and Throat College. The eye was introduced in 1907.
Ref: “New Instruments: Fisher’s Schematic Eye,” American Medicine 13 (1907): 451.
“Dr. William A. Fisher, Founder of Chicago Eye College, Practiced in Loop 50 Years,” New York Times (Aug. 22, 1944), p. 15.
