Ophthalmophantom

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Front of an ophthalmophantom in the Science Museum in London, inventor Albert Sachs 1827
Back of an ophthalmophantom in the Science Museum in London, inventor Dr. Albert Sachs 1827

The ophthalmophantom is a historical tool in ophthalmology that was used to simulate and learn about eye surgery. The mask phantom was invented and described in 1827 by Albert Sachs , a practicing doctor and private tutor for eye operations in Berlin.

function

There are two holed hollows for pig, sheep or ox eyes - they were inserted into the base, the eyes were held in place by spring-loaded concave disks and the trainee clamped them in eye openings. The phantom head in Augustan style could still be folded back in various positions by means of an adjusting screw.

Manufacturer

  • In 1870 the masks were made in Bakelite , a new type of plastic, by Josef Leiter in Austria .
  • Another manufacturer of the masks was Carl Reiner from Vienna IX Mariengasse 17, still based today in 2019.
  • Model from 1870–1880 made of aluminum by Professor Adolph Waldau, a German ophthalmologist who studied with Karl von Graefe in Berlin at the end of the 19th century .
  • 1880 Classic head ophthalmic phantom manufactured by the George Pilling and Son Company, Philadelphia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ D. Johann Nepomuk Ehrhart, Edeln von Ehrhartstein (ed.): Medicinisch-chirurgische Zeitung. Volume 4, Innsbrug 1828, p. 369
  2. ↑ Adolph Carl Peter Callisen : Medicinisches Writer Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists, and naturalists of all educated peoples. Volume 16, Copenhagen 1833, p. 467
  3. ↑ Ernst Blasius: Explanation of the aciurgic illustrations or the representation of the bloody surgical operations and the tools invented for the same. Published by Friedrich August Herbig , Berlin 1833, p. 39
  4. ↑ Post Westworld has just finished my 3-year search for a rare ophthalmophantom on medium.com/@WornOverTime
  5. ↑ Ophthalmophantome Eye Phantom - Waldau's Face on phisick.com Adolph Waldau's joint model or phantom served as a teaching aid for students and eye surgeons
  6. ↑ Alex Peck Medical Antiques Archive All pictures and text on this site are copyrighted © 1982-2019. All rights reserved.