Stilling's pseudo-isochromatische Tafeln
 Catalogue Number: 263 Stilling's pseudo-isochromatische Tafeln Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Colour Vision Test Editor: E Hertel Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1936 Edition: 19th Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Leipzig Publisher/Manufacturer: Georg Thieme Description Of Item: Original but damaged dust wrapper, original blue cloth, 16 plates. Original instruction manual in German in back pocket and English translation of the manual tucked loosely in front. Translator James Drever. Historical Significance: Jakob Stilling (1842 - 1915) was the first to devise pseudoisochromatic plate tests of colour vision in 1877. He was an ophthalmologist in Kassel and later Strassburg, Germany. Stilling J. Methoden zur Prufung des Farbensinnes. Ber Ophthal Ges Heidelberg, 1877; 10:168. Another copy is held at Cat No. 3247.Digital image 1.5 Mb in Museum iPhoto How Acquired: Donated by CWV optometrists Launceston, former practice of Eric Padman Date Acquired: 1/08/2005 Condition: Fine Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 1 Overhead display |