Object Listing

Snell's Lens sticks (set of 2). Set containing 16 concave and 16 convex lenses respectively. Made from vulcanite glass. Black, cear. Maker: Weiss. London.

James Brookbank's lens stick. Set containing 12 concave and 12 convex lenses respectively. Made from vulcanite glass. Black, clear.

Set of 6 capsultome knives in leather case.

Set of 6 Lang's or Newman's cataract knives in a case. Material: Metal, ivory, leather.

Schietz X-tonometer in case. Material: Metal, ivory, leather. Colour: Silver, cream, black. Maker: J. Weiss Son. London, c. 1910.

Set of 6 cataract knives put together in a case by Mayer Meltzer. Knives by Weiss. Maw. Savigny. Maker: Mayer Meltzer. London, c. 1910.

Set of 8 lens needles 4 cataract knives in case. For operations on the cornea, iris and lens. Saunder's lens needles: Desmarres' cataract knives (2) withconvex edge. Lang's or Newman's cataract knives (2).

Herman's scotometer in wallet (for pocket). For vision testing. Material: Metal, leather. Colour: Black, c. 1925.

Birch- Hirschfeld's scotometer (in bag). For vision testing. Material: Metal, cardboard. Colour: Black, c. 1920.

Elliot's scotometer Charts. For vision testing. Material: Paper. Colour: White. Maker: John Weiss Son, London, c. 1920.

Glass used to test urine. Cylindrical, graduated, c. 1935.

Dark spectacles in box. Maker: Smart Coplay, Bulawayo, c. 1930.

Silver-framed spectacles in case. Material: Metal, glass. Colour: Silver, clear, c. 1900.

Dark spectacles in green case. Material: Metal, glass, leatherette. Colour: Rusty, dark green, c. 1890.

Silver-framed spectacles in case. Material: Metal, glass. Colour: Silver, clear, c. 1930.

Folding spectacules in black case. Material: Leatherette, glass, celluloid. Colour: Black, clear, c. 1920.

Folding spectacles in brown case. Material: Tortoise shell, glass. Colour: Brown, clear, c. 1930.

Set of 29 eye instruments in case. Miscellaneous eye instruments. Material: Metal, ivory, leather. Colour: Silver, cream, black, c. 1910.

Set of 4 trachoma raps in wooden case. Trachoma forceps eye instruments.

Set of Traquair testing targets (18). Eye cure and care. Material: Metal, leather. Colour: Various colours. John Weiss Son.

Priestly Smith's double retinoscope. For vision testing. Retinoscopy (ret) is a technique to obtain an objective measurement of the refractive error of a patient's eyes. Material: Bakelite, glass, brass. Colour: Brown. T. Hamblin, London.

A glass stirring rod is a piece of lab equipment used to mix chemicals, c. 1945.

Retinoscope/indirect opthamoscope (for pocket). For vision testing. Material: Brass, glass. T. Hamblin. London, c. 1920.

Retinoscope with loose lens (for pocket). For vision testing. Material: Baketlite, glass. Colour: Brown, clear, c. 1930.

Ether in tin, c. 1940.

Thorp's urine testing bottle. The bottles are stoppered, have 2 oz capacity and a mouth wide enough to admit an urinometer. Each is provided with a place for writing the name and date, and is enclosed in a wood case to avoid leakage.

Urine testing apparatus. White glazed labels: Acid nitro, acid acetic, tict gusiaci, c. 1915.

A wooden stand fits all glass test tube sizes. It includes six drying pegs and six 24 mm diameter holes. Made from natural wood, c. 1935.

A spirit lamp is commonly used in a laboratory to heat up substances. Spirit lamps are used in laboratories for flame sterilisation of the lab tools, c. 1930.

A spirit lamp is commonly used in a laboratory to heat up substances. Spirit lamps are used in laboratories for flame sterilisation of the lab tools, c. 1925.