Ernst Leitz monocular microscope

Ernst Leitz monocular microscope

Warren Anatomical Museum

Archives for Women in Medicine

Microscopy

Microscope

Lynne M. Reid Collection

Center for the History of Medicine Manuscript Transfer

Black enamel compound monocular microscope with brass knobs and objectives. Circular mirror light scope. Three objectives attached to scope. Contained in wooden microscope case with brass handle. Case contains four objectives housed in interior boxes. Small interior box contains two slide clips, slide covers, one circular glass piece and two slide clips.

Monocular microscope made of enamel and brass, formerly of Guy's Hospital, London, later owned and used by Lynne M. Reid.

Ernst Leitz (firm)

1921-1922

Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Devices

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scientific instrument

physical object

Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20167

Warren Anatomical Museum Accession Number: 2007.003

In the 1920s the microscope was sold by the Guy's Hospital in London. Lynne Reid acquired the instrument and later donated it with her personal paper collection [HMS c 156] on 7/31/2006. The scope was later transferred into the Warren Anatomical Museum collection.

Scientific Instrument

40.5 H x 21 W x 24 D cm