Anomaloscope
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An anomaloscope is an instrument used to test for color blindness. It is able to detect whether a person is a dichromat or a tritanope. The apparatus was invented by the German ophthalmologist and physiologist Willibald A. Nagel (1870-1911) who named it "anomaloskop" in 1907.[1]
Note
- ↑ Nagel, W.A. (1907) Zwei Apparate für die Augenärzliche Funktionsprüfung. Adaptometer und kleines Spektralphotometer (Anomaloskop). Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde, 17, 201–22.