overall: 29.3 cm x 8.8 cm x 14.8 cm; 11 17/32 in x 3 15/32 in x 5 13/16 in
Object Name:
microscope
Place made:
Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
Date made:
ca 1894
Description:
Compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, double nosepiece, large square stage covered with vulcanite, inclination joint, sub-stage mirror on moveable arm, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra objectives. The “E. LEITZ WETZLAR / No 28939” inscription indicates a date of 1893.
William Rush Dunton, Jr. (1868-1966) acquired this microscope in 1894, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and before beginning a residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Dunton later promoted physical therapy for psychiatric patients, and called attention to his familial connections with Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
