Talk:Ophthalmoscopy

"several years later"

"Although the ophthalmoscope was originally invented by Charles Babbage in 1847, it was not until it was independently reinvented several years later by Hermann von Helmholtz in 1851 ..." --- 'several years later' as in 'four years later'? Perhaps there is a reason for this circumlocution, but if so, it's not clear from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.8.104.241 (talk) 12:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Main picture

The image doesn't show proper ophthalmoscopy being performed. It is highly unlikely that the examiner would be able to see any part of the posterior pole of the eye in that position. Theraincloud (talk) 05:58, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Is the image you refer to the one that is (or was) on the article at 06/MAR/2013? Cause the picture that is on it right now, goddamn. She looks doped out of her mind and the optician looks both insane and furious. One of the funniest pictures I have seen in a damned while. 82.5.78.247 (talk) 23:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

What you call the look of being "doped out" is the dilated pupil. That is intentional and important to the article. It is needed too keep the pupil open for the examination. Volker Siegel (talk) 03:57, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Merging request

Ophthalmoscopy can be done with or without dilating the eyes. Dilated fundus examination is ophthalmoscopy after dilating eye. Since Dilated fundus examination is just a type of ophthalmoscopy, it can be merged to this article. Ajeeshkumar4u (talk) 05:49, 5 December 2020 (UTC)