Loss of vision with age (leaflet)
 Catalogue Number: 3180 Loss of vision with age (leaflet) Category: Papers Sub-Category: Brochure/pamphlet/leaflet (optometry) Institution: National Vision Research Institute Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1993 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Publisher/Manufacturer: National Vision Research Institute Description Of Item: A4 size one page leaflet, colour printed, headed 'Loss of vision with age' showing three photographs of red laser beams traversing eye lenses of three different ages demonstrating the reduced transparency of the eye lens with age and increased diffusion of the beams Historical Significance: This leaflet was produced on the initiative of Professor Robert Augusteyn making use of photographs taken in the course of investigations of the optical properties of the ageing eye lens by NVRI research associate Barbara Pierscionek in the early 1990s. It was prepared to promote the NVRI and was sold to optometrists as an aid to communicating to patients what happens to the eye lens with age, including cataract, How Acquired: Donated by Robert Augusteyn, former Director of the NVRI Date Acquired: Nov 2016 Condition: Very good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 7 |