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Corneal sensitometer
OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
sensitivity test
Metropolitan Optical Ltd; Canadian Contact Lens Laboratories
North America: Canada
c.1963-1966
plastic; metal; paper
overall: 63 mm x 112 mm x 15 mm

Sensitivity meter used in assessing the cornea of the patient prior to contact lens fitting. Semi-opaque colourless plastic with five settings marked on a slider A-E. Thin, sprung wire probe with a small plastic contact 'lens' on the end and indicator scale for threshold and limit of tolerance marked in milligrams. Together with an original but poorly produced photocopied instruction sheet. Contained within blue patterned paper-covered hinged metal case with conversion graph mounted inside the lid.


2016.1075

Transferred from the former Museum and Library of Optometry, Aston University / Gift of the family of the late Anthony G. Sabell FCOptom, 2016



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