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Record 1 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

The most common method used in reading vision is the Jaeger system. This system was established by Jaeger in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He fashioned a reading card and arbitrarily assigned numbers to indicate the size of the print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Carte permettant de mesurer l'acuité visuelle au moyen de séries d'optotypes disposés sous forme de tableau.

Key term(s)
  • échelle à main

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