National Museum of American History
Geneva Improved Ophthalmoscope and Retinoscope
S. A. Rhodes Manufacturing Co.
An ophthalmoscope is used to examine the interior of an eye. The inscription on this example reads “SERIES G. No. 3544 / PATENTED / GENEVA IMPROVED / OPHTHALMOSCOPE & / RETINOSCOPE / MFGD. BY GENEVA OPTICAL CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A.” The form was devised by Seth Alonzo Rhodes (1858-1943), an inventor and Mason who lived in the Chicago area.
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