The George Young Threshold test
 Catalogue Number: 260 The George Young Threshold test Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Visual Acuity, Contrast sensitivity tests Designer/inventor: Montague L HINE Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1930 ? Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Raphael's Ltd Description Of Item: Original black cloth, preface and 5 pages of text then a series of plates. Rubber stamp on front fly leaf for Wood, a Melbourne optometrist of the first half of the 20th C.Stamp: 275 COLLINS ST, 7TH FLOOR/ WOOD/ MELBOURNE C1. 16.5cm x 11.3cm. Historical Significance: This test is an early form of a threshold test designed to detect early sensitivity losses in glaucoma and other diseases. It enjoyed limited popularity until the mid 1950s. See for example LAW FW The significance of the George Young threshold test in glaucoma.Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K. 1959;79:33-43 and GLOSTER J, WEALE RA. ALLEGED USEFULNESS OF THE GEORGE YOUNG TEST IN THE DETECTION OF GLAUCOMA. Br J Ophthalmol. 1964 Sep;48:487-91. Condition: Fine Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 3 Drawer 2 |