Four TED near point test cards
 Catalogue Number: 3950 Four TED near point test cards Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Reading card, tests of near vision Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1940 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Description Of Item: Four near vision test cards, light buff card 115 x 127 mm with fusion targets for testing suppression and stereopsis on one side and near point letter chart and near cross cylinder test target on the other side. The letter chart is a Logmar chart designed by Historical Significance: This near test card was designed for use mounted on the near point rod of a refractor. It tested for stereopsis and suppression and could be used for the near cross cylinder test. It was in wide spread use in Melbourne in the in the mid 20th C and may have been designed by a Melbourne optometrist. How Acquired: Donated by OPSM via Steven Giacon Date Acquired: March 2003 Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 10 |