Description | Microscope in use for medical examination, illumination is by candle focused onto the patient via a hand held magnifying glass. An enlargement of the microscope is shown to the left. From an engraving in 'Acta Eruditorum', 1686, p 372, Tab X. The Engraving is titled 'Novum Microscopium Dn Josephi Campani, ejusque usus'. |