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NHNN - The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
OBJ - Objects
StorageSite
UCL Institute of Neurology
Level
Series
Reference Number
NHNN/OBJ/7
Title
Two point discriminator (Weber's Compasses)
Date
Early 20th Century
Description
Unusual in that it is designed for both touch and pinprick. 2 jointed pieces of metal and muaesure. Forked at ends - one fork pointy, the other rounded (like pin head). One of instruments used by Sir Henry Head and Dr Gordon Holmes for the investigation of sensation around time of WW1.
Extent
1 item
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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