M0019102: Appearance of optic disc using an ophthalmoscope, 1879

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Optic disc; ophtalmoscope

Reproductions of six ophthalmoscope images: figures 1 & 2: caries of sphenoid bone and meningitis; figures 3: descending neuritis in cerebral tumour; figure 4: optic neuritis cerebral tumour; figures 5 & 6: optic neuritis in traumatic meningitis; figure 6: after recovery. Published in Gowers, W. R.: A manual and atlas of medical ophthalmoscopy, London : J. & A. Churchill, 1879. Related images: M0019103, M0019104, M0019105, M0019106

June 1962

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.