Stereoscopic X-ray viewer consists of a narrow metal table armature; top of table has two metal platforms that slide on metal rods horizontally along the table; an eye piece with two angled mirrors and two side flaps is positioned at the centre of table; underneath table is a turn handle that moves…
Stereoscopic X-ray viewer consists of a narrow metal table armature; top of table has two metal platforms that slide on metal rods horizontally along the table; an eye piece with two angled mirrors and two side flaps is positioned at the centre of table; underneath table is a turn handle that moves metal wire running below the platforms; platforms are presumably for two missing pillars which would have held up to four images each.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. C. H. Bird and Dr. H. G. Bird of Gananoque.
Embossed on metal plaque on eyepiece: "WAPPLER // ELECTRIC M.F.G. CO., INC. // NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room W1
W1-Floor
Dimension Notes
Length 1.75 m x Width 1.23 m x Depth 44.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Black paint chipping and flaking off armature and platforms; green felt on eye piece disintegrating; mirrors are tarnished; artefact is scratched and rusty in many areas
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"Radiology: An Illustrated History," Ronald L. Eisenberg, 1992, p. 80; CD #1.
Research Facts
This artefact was used for stereoscopic viewing of x rays. Looking into the mirrors in the central eye piece one would see the X ray images reflected from the pillars on each end of the table. Once the distance between the pillars and eye piece was adjusted the two images would converge into one giving a three dimensional effect to the radiographs.